Word: eared
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Four Dogs" is supposed to be a critique of the film industry, it remains rather thin. So what if these stereotypes are true? Shanley, in spite of his wonderful ear for that which is funny, has unfortunately bought into the Hollywood writing formula--the work produced is pleasurable but ultimately does not tackle any meaty themes. For an evening of merriment, "Four Dogs" is a good bet. But if a Brechtian intellectualized theater is what you're looking for, it won't be found in this dog-eat-dog farce...
While the Corporation rarely considers specific academic programs, it is important to have someone with an "ear for academics," Rudenstine said...
Shakur is fiercely talented. He has an ear for tough-but-sweet tunes, an ability to write colloquially eloquent lyrics, and a husky, passionate delivery when he raps. The white power structure he denounces so vehemently must enjoy seeing him squander his gifts reifying its stereotypes of blackness--that is, if the white power structure thinks about him much at all. By leaving the lockup for the world of gangsta rap, he's just entered another prison...
...sampling last fall by Republican pollster Linda DiVall revealed that 55% of G.O.P. voters do not trust their party to protect the environment, which prompted her to note that "our party is out of sync with mainstream American opinion." Suddenly "Senators and Congressmen who had a tin ear for the environment for the past three years are all over the issue," says Greg Whetstone of the Natural Resources Defense Council. So, too, is the Clinton Administration, after a brief hiatus in which the Democrats seemed willing to compromise with the antiregulatory zealots. (Clinton even signed a bill that...
...turned out we held several beliefs in common, such as the small-deprivations theory of child rearing, which is to hold back on things like ear piercing until age 13 no matter what the other mothers are doing. We also agreed that panty hose are God's punishment for letting women practice law. But that spontaneity had leached from Clinton by the time she wrote It Takes a Village, a programmatic tome. It is nonetheless moving briskly at $20, a fairly inexpensive way to give a vote of confidence. It must be small comfort to Hillary in month seven...