Word: conscious
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It’s not a conscious thing. I’m actually Polish and Dutch, so I find that as a European, I tend to stand out anyway. We do dress differently to Americans—I look a bit more formal and club-influenced...
...works of the highest literary, philosophical and historical merit and with the greatest ability to illuminate those cultures and traditions that have affected the intellectual development of the world which Harvard students will enter. They should be chosen by a high-level committee of professors and administrators, one fully conscious of its vital role in shaping a Harvard education. While the committee should put no arbitrary limits on the number or types of works chosen, we would strongly oppose any sort of tokenism; the works should be chosen for their quality and influence, and not for any political motive. Given...
After three weeks in a coma following a prolonged illness in 1996, a press release from the John Hunter Hospital announced that premiere Australian poet Les Murray was once again “conscious and verbal...
Since his reawakening Murray has been both conscious and quite verbal, compiling 64 of the poems he has written in the past four years into a collection he named after the proclamation on that day, Conscious and Verbal, an arrangement he dubs posthumous. Although Murray is well known in Australia, his fame extends far beyond the borders of his beloved nation. His collection Subhuman Redneck Poems received the T.S. Eliot Prize and he has been awarded the Gold Medal for Poetry, presented by Queen Elizabeth. His newest collection shows his scope, depth and maturity as a world-class poet...
...influenced by a life so different from our own. The poetry is presented in logical cohesion and aesthetic order. Some nuances may be difficult for non-native Australians to understand, for Murray commonly refers to places and uses local jargon that is incomprehensible to the lay American. Nevertheless, Conscious and Verbal provides a glimpse into a world that is far removed from our own, though strikingly similar. We can profit greatly from Murray’s discerning experience and keen...