Word: characterized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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A few years ago, Boyko would not have handled the topic of religion with such confidence, nor would Volodya have had the last word. Now fresh breezes of tolerance are wafting through many Soviet schools, from first to tenth grade. Always considered a potent means of molding character, schools have...
In a long-suppressed and now acclaimed production of Dostoyevsky's Notes from Underground at Moscow's Theater for Young Spectators, the withdrawn and embittered central character repeatedly pushes with all his might against the immovable proscenium arch at the side of the stage. The gesture is an apt visual...
To the University's credit, the admissions office already downplays the importance of the SAT. Standardized tests rank behind secondary school record as indicators of one's academic potential, according to Senior Admissions Officer David Evans. In addition, prospective Harvardians are judged on extracurricular activitites and personal character.
CASTRO'S hostility to detente may look like stubbornness, just another facet to the repressive character of his government. Cuba and other developing countries of the Western Hemisphere, however, have good reason to be wary of a potential U.S.-Soviet alliance.
"We think the design is very much in character with the buildings around it," said O'Connell.