Word: aspects
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fact that Harvard does not teach its history concentrators social theory. The school's educational philosophy, as embodied in the Core Curriculum, is meant to teach modes of inquiry as opposed to a set body of knowledge. But in the History department, one aspect of historical inquiry--its theoretical basis--is left a mystery...
...reasonable, even useful ones. Professors shouldn't require papers at the end of terms, as doing so makes the exercises seem incidental to the learning process. Teachers should talk about writing, thereby affirming its importance. And further, professors should consider the rewriting of papers correctly as a critical aspect of the learning process...
...Atlanta, plantations were things to be proud of, legends to glorify. So much so that exclusive condominiums were given names like "The Plantation" or "Plantation Heights." This was one small aspect of a larg problem in Atlanta--a lack of racial respect...
...industry where faceless collaborations are the rule, Cosby is an auteur involved in nearly every aspect of his series, from editing scripts to selecting theme music. The Huxtable family is modeled closely on Cosby's own, and many of the episodes are drawn from ideas he suggests. While filming his movie, for example, Cosby heard Ray Charles' recording of It's Not Easy Being Green. He asked the show's writers to build an episode around the song. Result: in one of this fall's segments, a sulking Rudy goes into her room for a wordless sequence set to Charles...
...Aida houses may be facile, yet they do delight: toy building blocks are a cheerful transcultural artifact, and the mock-haphazard assemblages are lively, seemingly half built or half demolished. The Toys R Us aspect seems American, but the unfinished quality is pure Japanese. Says Aida: "Fundamentally I find myself swinging back and forth between two basic lines of influence -- Japanese tradition and Western culture. I am attracted as much by Kandinsky, for instance, as I am by modern Japanese writers...