Word: discussing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...board says they also discuss if the Mainstage could feasibly accommodate the director's plans for the show; many productions are rejected because the board thinks that the concept the director envisions would be impossible to stage...
This is no secret to game developers. Though none of the game companies TIME contacted was willing to openly discuss violence in e-games, one game developer agreed to talk on the condition that he not be named. "A video game is all about adrenaline, and the easiest way to trigger adrenaline is to make someone think they're going to die," he explained. One of the tricks of the trade is to concentrate on the "blink rate." It's an old Madison Avenue ad-agency gimmick, he said. "People stop blinking if an ad has their attention. Same here...
When Esme, the celebrated stage actress at the center of David Hare's play Amy's View, agrees to appear on her son-in-law Dominic's TV talk show, the topic he wants to discuss is whether theater is dead. There's no doubt where Dominic stands. Theater is so old fashioned, he complains, so slow moving: "Why don't we admit it? It's been superseded. It had its moment, but its moment is gone...
Just days after the Columbine shootings, I visited a high school and listened to teenagers discuss their fears and reactions. All of them said they knew kids who were troubled. Most knew kids who were depressed or had attempted suicide. Some knew kids who were openly discussing violence--to the point that the speakers were frightened of them. One student told me, "My friends know they need help, and we know they need help, but they are ashamed to come forward because they fear being labeled...
...Discuss the issues...