Word: detailism
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...most valuable aspects of The Bell Curve is that it brings out in stunning detail how ineffective so many of the government's social programs have been over the years," he said...
...burdensome imposter, Isobel makes violent love to Patrick in the adjoining room. Isobel's weak attempt at self-assertion towards a scheming woman does not resonate well. The scene is not only poorly integrated into the film, it weakens it. A rowdy sex scene merely substitutes graphic detail for a more intelligent treatment of the characters' psychology...
Inevitably, there are criticisms. One is that the absence of women among the study's directors could have skewed the questions. Doubts have also been raised about whether personal interviews could elicit truly candid answers to intimate questions. In addition, the sample is too small to look in detail at some groups, like homosexuals. But their careful work, the team writes, "has convinced us that this sample is an excellent one from which we can make generalizations about sex in America." And, they emphasize, "we do so with confidence...
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, standing behind a bulletproof shield on which his security detail insisted, pleaded with Haitians to remain calm after enraged supporters killed one man and torched 15 buildings last night. The attack on Gonaives, 100 miles north of Port-au-Prince, followed a false rumor that junta holdover Major General Jean-Claude Duperval -- the Haitian army commander until Aristide names a replacement -- had led a coup against Aristide. This morning the reinstalled President underscored his plea by having Duperval help him raise Haiti's flag at the National Palace. Also today, U.S. forces reported the third suicide...
...amazing technical skill with which they were painted. Most notable is "The Slate" of 1890-94 by John Haberle, in which the entire canvas is painted to look like a chalky slate, complete with a wooden frame, and, as the label points out, uses scientific precision and detail to create a canvas that appears messy and smudged...