Word: entertainingness
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The problem here may be one of definition. Kelley's book falls short of the standards of serious biography: it is too sloppy in its scholarship, too uncritical of its sources, too single-minded in its pursuit of the sensational and salacious. In a sense, the book is a compilation...
Across the country, business and government leaders are brushing up on right and wrong by attending Josephson's seminars to re-educate themselves about ethics. The sessions are entertaining and combative, but their message is simple: ethical values are more than a series of rules. Josephson encourages people to look...
I have complained that Harvard drama tends to be too conservative. Shows that go up in the Loeb "Experimental" theater are often geared more towards attracting and entertaining crowds than intellectually stimulating them. Performers, directors and audience alike often seem afraid to go out on a limb and venture into...
Such a Long Journey follows the daily life of one Gustad Noble, a decent, good-natured Zoroastrian living in Bombay during the early 1970s. At home, he is caught up in the feuds and conspiracies of apartment buildings everywhere. At work, he enjoys the rowdy camaraderie of his Zoroastrian friends...
His physical presence never fails to impress. At 6 ft. 4 in., Boris Yeltsin looms over listeners and lecterns, taming audiences of 1 to 100,000. His ramrod-stiff stance, his thick silver hair, his deep, slow voice all suggest a coil of powerful but slow-burning energy. Yet when...