Word: connections
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Trevor tends to connect his chosen selection of writings with rather dry, cursory remarks. But in more extended passages, such as the fascinating and powerfully-felt paragraph comparing the literary aspects of England and Ireland in the nineteenth century, Trevor's voice takes on the tone of a refreshingly enthusiastic, rather than a dutiful, guide. For example, talking about the playwright Sean O'Casey, Trevor says that...
...intertwined stories of the relationship between Mike and Betty and Mike's racy life in the fast lane could have added dimension to the fairly straightforward plot line. The problem, though, is that even after Mike has been murdered by cocaine dealers, the disparate stories never truly connect. How Betty's being a bank teller, for example, relates to Mike's being chased by thugs is never clear, and the connection between the parties Betty's pseudo-intellectual boyfriend Richard (Daniel Shor) gives and her relationship with Mike is even less lucid...
...reason is that Harvard wants to build a bridge that would connect the Fogg, at the edge of Harvard Yard, with the new building across the street. The proposal has met with objections from Cambridge residents and members of the City Council, who profess concern over the bridge's size, aesthetic qualities, and safety features...
...machine, which has a tilt-up flat screen and built-in software including the industry's current hit, Lotus 1-2-3, a business planning program that also produces graphs. The computer has twice the memory of Apple's hot-selling Macintosh, and is designed to connect to the IBM Personal Computer as well as to Hewlett-Packard machines...
...second problem with Kurzman's article is that he gives the reader several arguments that he feels are being used by Jews to excuse certain "immoral" action by Israel, but fails to connect excuses to specific actions. This is a critical weakness because there is in fact, some merit to some of the criticisms he lists. There is also some truth in the point that poor excuses are at times used to justify immoral actions by Israel. This is true of every country in the world. It is important for Jews to make criticisms based on fact and show...