Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...incisive mental commentary ofBech. Some of the most revealing scenes in Bechat Bay are to be found in his alwaysflirtatious interactions with women and hisusually acrimonious, acute observations on theposturing of the men he encounters. We read histhoughts, and experience Bech and his worldmediated through Bech; we experience his doubt andself-deprecating double talk from his own perch, aplace oddly, humorously distanced from himself, asthought the life he's constantly dissecting andrevising were someone else's Vacillating betweenmild self-contempt and self-importance, Bechmostly feels that it doesn't matter much. Hefloats beatifically from party to memorial party,counting...
Everything must contribute to the success of this goal, and of course the scenery and costumes play a large part in this undertaking. Although an opera can be enjoyed on cassette or radio, to see it is to truly believe it; there is little doubt that as a spectacle seen on stage, opera is a synthesis of the arts. No wonder an opera is a complex machine involving performances of singing actors, stage managers, costume designers, make-up artists, a full orchestra and behind it all, the authors of a text written or re-written as lyrics. Operatic work...
...doubt that the department has the personnel to teach a world history course that would be sufficiently inclusive, either chronologically or spatially," said Philip A. Kuhn '54, Higginson Professor of History and of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and chair of the committee that made History 10 a required class for concentrators...
Just as liberals live in growing fear that America has had it with affirmative action, conservatives have to wonder if the future of the pro-life movement is not equally bleak. No doubt, the pro-life lobby remains strong and abortion continues to be restricted (i.e., parental consent requirements, bans on partial-birth abortions). But I would be just as surprised to see abortion outlawed in this country in the next 10 years as I would to see affirmative action embraced by the masses. Roe v. Wade is not going to be overturned; the voters will not let it happen...
...There's a lot of military dollars coming in to Massachusetts. I have no doubt that Harvard University gets a far amount of money for military things...