Word: conceptive
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...likely to get letters from people saying they had to hide the issue from their children. I understand. Some of us may be hiding it from our own little kids as well. But I don't think we should hide the shocking images and stories from ourselves. The concept of a kid in a school cafeteria with a gun is one that should disquiet...
Hanson said the issue had been discussed at the last two House Masters meetings, and the Masters were highly in favor of the concept...
...Brain Break concept is unique to Harvard, McNitt said. Some schools extend the hours of their cash operation businesses--like at Stanford's Lucie Stern Dining Hall, where students can munch on the Late Nite Snack Service from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. using their Cardinal Dollars--but rarely is a late-night meal part of the board plan...
...Glen Ross follows in the playwright's tradition of plays such as Sexual Perversity in Chicago and the Pulitzer Prize-winning American Buffalo, famous for the fast-paced, in-your-face language that Mamet prefers to call "poetry" rather than realism. Ruiz directs his cast according to Mamet's concept of "practical aesthetics," which emphasizes intention and reaction. The actor's mind must work quickly, switching from one tactic to another in order to get what he wants. Although there are moments where the actors seem to lose the freshness of the moment, they manage to conjure up the intense...
...like humanity and immortality. In adapting this tale for mainstream moviegoers, however, screenwriter Nicholas Kazan and director Chris Columbus forgo the subtleties of these dilemmas in favor of greeting-card sentimentality. The result is an enjoyable, often touching picture, but one that fails to realize the richness of its concept...