Word: characterized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Speculative Intelligence.Steiner's thesis, presented in language that Existentialist Author Simone de Beauvoir calls in her introduction "neither pathetic nor indignant but with a calculated coolness," is that there should have been a lot more revolts like that. "Certainly," Steiner writes, "there was a share of cowardice in the...
Along this bewildering route, the author's meaning must usually be guessed at; nobody's going to catch Julio Cortázar making things too clear. "Sometimes I am convinced," muses one character, "that the triangle is another name for stupidity, that eight times eight is madness or...
This School Committee is the same one that Mrs. Hicks carried into office, but it has changed its character. The change is largely the result of actions taken by the newly-appointed Massachusetts' unique Imbalance Act, giving it the power to withhold tax funds from any city with racially imbalanced...
The Board of Tutors also recommended that honors seniors be given the option of taking a seminar and writing a 30-page paper in lieu of the thesis. This plan would radically change the character of the honors program, and much opposition is expected. It can be defended on the...
I'm not sure whether Stephen Michaels, who plays Strephon, is miscast, or has simply been directed for all the laughs he's worth. Whichever, Strephon does not emerge as the creation of Gilbert and Sullivan. Jennifer Lee Kosh as Phyllis, however, ultimately succeeds although she seems more suited to...