Word: enlighten
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Dobrynin tried to enlighten him in a broader way. To please Gromyko, he agreed that prices were high (though he knew they were not, compared with the portion of their salaries Soviets must spend for food and consumer goods). But he also added that the variety of items available in American markets was extensive. Gromyko wrinkled his nose in a characteristic gesture of distaste for an inconvenient truth. "Maybe you're right," he admitted, "but they have so many problems too. Poverty. Massive unemployment. Race hatred...
...like to dispute Professor Harvey C. Mansfield's attempt to enlighten us about affirmative action's preferential treatment causing patronizing attitudes among whites and encouraging Blacks toward lifetime dependence. Mansfield's comments on President Derck Bok's article in The New Republic amount to so much nonsense--and racist nonsense at that, something he and Charles Murray and other neo-conservative writers consider their conventional wisdom there days, (Crimson...
...most erudite audience, but his plays pose an even bigger challenge for the director and cast. Pinter's "Old Times" utilizes his notion of people's memory of the past, a hazy past to which we may make scattered visits, returning with fragments of truth and fantasy which both enlighten and obscure our perception. It takes talent to overcome Pinter's irresolute narrative. This "Old Times" production avoids the temptation to didactically force feed its "message" to the audience, but instead uses a straightforward presentation that ultimately captures the power in Pinter and challenges us at the same time...
...Houphouët-Boigny. An artificial lake has been dug beside the walls of the leader's imposing palace, and crocodiles have been introduced; every afternoon, presidential assistants feed these creatures raw meat and a live chicken. Why? Naipaul wonders over and over again. His informants cannot enlighten him. But he seems to learn something from them all the same. Black Africa does not operate according to rules that will submit to logic. Naipaul is appalled by the dirt and degradation he observes, as any foreign tourist might be, but he also senses, well beneath the chaotic surface...
...elected steering committee, are discussing ways to educate students about the need to protect all speakers' rights to free speech. The Council spent an hour discussing the issue at a meeting this spring, but reached no conclusion save a resolution to determine the best way to define, enforce and enlighten students about a clear University policy. Casting about for guidance, the group asked Bok to write an open letter on the subject and he has said he hopes to compose such a statement this summer or next fall...