Word: enlightening
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...glimpse of the hostages, confuse American purpose by suggesting congressional hearings on the Shah and make it more difficult for Carter to convince the world of American resolve. As a nation we come face to face again with this marvelous media machine we have created, which can enlighten so totally and swiftly. It can also complicate and distort these extraordinary situations that now arise all over the globe as power shifts and collides...
Perhaps in the future Anthropologist Alan Dundes could enlighten us on the homosexual rituals of golf, in which a long club is used to hit a ball into a hole. How about tennis, baseball, hockey, etc.? And as for erotic jargon, how about hole in one, love-30, squeeze play and high-sticking? Pretty racy...
...clamor trails off only when his words and pale gaze begin to spill across the crowd, conveying the improbable intimacy that seems to be the gift of all magnetic evangelists. It is the sound, not the content that mesmerizes, and before long he is saying, "Nothing is going to enlighten you. What will enlighten you is nothing...
...issues surrounding admissions have special significance at this time in history when the numerous advances of the civil rights movement seem to be falling by the wayside. The inflammatory nature of this article, along with is misrepresentation of my views, will further cloud the issues, rather than enlighten them. I hope all other articles which deal with these matters will submit all sides of these issues to a more careful and reasonable examination. Michelle D. Holmes...
...color begin to explore the relationships between different colors and the impact of different series of colors. The chronology explains that Davis had a "desire to achieve intellectual clarification of the problems he found as a practicing artist." But if he achieved that clarification, the Fogg show does not enlighten the average viewer...