Word: detailism
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...same unfortunate disregard for the suffering and death of foreigners in Haiti is also, regrettably, seen in American coverage of Iraq. The American media immediately and in great detail cover the deaths of American soldiers and constantly replay stories relating to the deaths of American civilian contractors. However, the same news organizations that seem so overly concerned with American lives make scant mention of far larger numbers of Iraqi dead, side-noting casualties that sometimes get into the dozens in just a single...
...Francisco who, on a stop at Bryce Canyon, Utah, decides to clamber down the rock face rather than follow the "hippies" down the trail, to predictably disastrous results. In another a man cruises a fellow traveler for a quickie inside an Egyptian temple. But, lacking in detail or development, and drawn with a minimum of detail, the stories will be forgotten as quickly as you turn the page...
...have worried. Seemingly unedited, "Carnet" chronicles, in the form of an engrossing diary sketchbook, Thompson's European author tour, with a side trip to Morocco, during the spring of 2004. With all of its pages drawn from life, here at last we have one continuous journey, rich with detail of place and characters, told with humor, pathos and insight...
...final third of the book returns from the demands of the Third World to the luxury of the First. In the French Alps the author luxuriates in the pleasures of skiing and food, filing the pages with rich detail like the one about raclette, a cheese you melt and pour over sliced potatoes and ham. Bucolic vistas of snowy woods and mountains soon give way to sunbathers when, at the end, Thompson swings through the south of France and Barcelona. This final leg includes encounters with a number of other cartoonists, like Louis Trondheim and Charles Burns, who contribute cameo...
Some of these changes have been explicated in detail in the HCCR report. Departments have begun to accommodate the new priority with reductions in requirements, as well as modifications to traditional advising practices. The Core Curriculum, too, thankfully, loosened up its requirements. Other changes are also hopefully in the works, such as the HCCR report’s call for increased financial support to make international experiences possible for students on financial aid. At present, such students rely on a handful of competitive scholarships and fellowships. This critical money ought to materialize as soon as possible...