Word: eclecticism
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Significantly, country has achieved its new luster without abandoning its heritage: a heritage so stubbornly rooted in storytelling and simple melody that it has never quite left behind the farm in Poor Valley, Va., where a moody lumberman named A.P. Carter and his clan picked up guitars seven decades ago...
That eclectic array of responsibilities is perfectly in keeping with Jim's range of interests. He is a voracious reader, of everything from Hollywood trade papers to international political journals, and can opine as fluently on David Letterman's monologues as on the Middle East peace talks. "I'm almost...
According to Hardin, Tower expanded to Harvard Square because the area boasts an "eclectic market of all tastes."
But in fact, Sullivan's appointment does indicate a subtle but significant change. Like Peretz, both Kinsley and the most recent editor, former Carter speechwriter Hendrik Hertzberg, had their intellectual roots in old-fashioned liberalism. Even as they and their colleagues criticized the outworn dogmas of the Left, they conveyed...
Murray said students have consistently been interested in careers in consulting, "because of its high pay and eclectic work assignments."