Word: curious
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...elaborations of such historic themes as World War II (A Bell for Adano), the Holocaust (The Wall) and the atom bomb (Hiroshima), has chosen the dialogue form for what seems a lighter topic: the pursuit of bluefish off Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. But as the book's insatiably curious Stranger talks informally with the knowledgeable Fisherman, a cascade of lore and documents, poetry and tragedy is netted along with the glistening quarry...
...uniquely American ritual. A concerned and curious citizenry gathers in an electronic version of a Colonial town meeting to watch their elected representatives grill Government officials, high and low, about a sorry episode in contemporary history. The viewing can be painful yet mysteriously exhilarating, boring at times yet somehow fascinating. It is an odd self- flagellation, but out of it can emerge a catharsis. The Government's secrets are exposed, its actions explained, condoned or condemned. The issue is faced. The nation moves...
...lights go up, the audience is transported to a mythic New York City underworld in which all of the guys--and a curious policeman--are desperately trying to find out where Nathan Detroit (Nick Davis) is going to hold his famous floating craps game next. Meanwhile, over at the Hot Box dance club, Nathan's fiance of 14 years, Miss Adelaide (Lisa Tornell) is putting on another show with the dolls...
Well, after a few rounds of hysterical laughter from my classmates and a curious call from the Ad Board, I decided there were easier ways of making money...
...hope that today's Crimson [May 1] misreported the views of Professor Randall Kennedy on the disruption of speeches by South African officials. According to your story, he though such action appropriate because those who invited them "are not authentically curious about what they have to say." The invitation, he claims, "is a political action and not an educational endeavour." When asked whether it would be appropriate to beat or even kill such speakers, Professor Kennedy replied that it was "a close call, something I'd have to think deeply about." Has our deep thinker considered that there are many...