Word: detail
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although Rivers' graphic detail is gruesomely satisfying, his writing leaves something to be desired. One example of his less-than-brilliant prose comes from a message he supposedly sent for the U.S. government...
...most interesting chapters, however, detail Owen's charge that the SAT measures "primarily the ability to take E.T.S. tests." He contends that this ability can be cram-coached by methods having little to do with scholastic aptitude. As principal evidence, he offers the work of Testing Coach John Katzman, 25, whose four-year-old Princeton Review tutoring service has headquarters in New York City and branch offices in four other cities. Owen recounts that the Princeton Review and a few similar services, working from computer analysis of existing SATs, can boost students' SAT scores an average of 185 points...
...group that seemed on the verge of establishing a New England dynasty, and the mediocre 1983 team--long since stripped of stars like Fred Lynn, Fisk, Rick Burleson and Cecil Cooper--which struggled to avoid last place. Gammons then traces the years between these two poles discussing in minute detail the course of each season, from both an athletic and business perspective. The argument is an important one; the free agent system has changed the sport from an owner- to a player-dominated enterprise. When a player doesn't feel a team is paying him as much as it should...
...Boston, fat guys who only run after buses can tell you, in detail, all about the course layout, the previous winners, and the legendary heroes. Weathermen predict the order of finish. Everyone either runs the race or wishes he could...
...discussion of the region's long history of conflict over land and (move often) religion has quite a different flavor. With detail worthy of Plains. George's most famous Sunday school teacher, Carter devotes five pages in the book's introduction to a recap of the book of Genesis. Similarly, he describes how, during his first visit to Jerusalem he awoke before dawn to "catch a flavor" of the ancient city as if "might have been two thousands years earlier when Jesus strolled the same streets." For Carter juxtaposing ancient history and yesterday's news is essential. But for readers...