Word: approach
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...says the book will take a new approach to analysis of Norse poetry by following the narrative text of an individual ballad as its characteristics alter over time. In this way, he will discover how the plot has or has not remained faithful to the original poetic form, as well as examining the narrative's changing impact on society...
...very vehemence of these moral attacks against the clubs has precluded a more critical analysis of the issue that would help to elucidate its problems toward a more sensible approach to dealing with it. Mere slandering and name-calling does not lend credibility to the moral high ground on which critics of the final clubs claim to be standing. Quite the opposite, their moralistic approach has, if anything, undermined their attempts to steer the final clubs toward reform and has fallen short of generating intelligent discussion that would, at the very least, foster a better understanding of the final clubs...
...speech was far from a purely academic one. Gates, who is currently editing a Norton Anthology of Afro-American Literature, cautioned his audience against any Ivory Tower approach to Black literature. Instead of remaining sheltered "in the swaddling clothes of our academic complacencies," Gates said scholars must be aware of "the yawning chasm between our critical discourse and the traditions they discourse upon...
...goal of promoting designated driver use "is achievable. It's winnable. It can actually save lives. Jay Winsten and Harvard have been very reasonable and balanced in their approach. The depth and breadth of industry-wide participation in the project is very rare," says Margo...
...human rights seemed like what most Americans would expect from a speech by Woodrow Wilson or John F. Kennedy than a Kremlin head. And his downplaying of ideological differences among nations demonstrates a new willingness to dismiss Marxist ideology calling for world revolution and to adopt a more pragmatic approach to foreign policy...