Word: explained
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...seems implausible to explain the 22 percent drop in participation as the result of a death of information, there was no such death. During the Kickoff for the Senior Gift drive, the 1983 Gift Co-Chairmen sent each senior a letter explaining the nature and purpose of the class gift. For its part, the Endowment for Divestiture Committee held its first press conference in mid-April. Shortly after this conference, the 1983 Class Committee sent all seniors an informational letter which included both the Endowment for Divestiture and the Senior Gift as viable options. At year's end, the Class...
There are good enough reasons to explain the incompatibility of fiction and business. While fiction seeks to examine the individual and that which is unique, business very often appears as a standardized mass phenomena. What interests producers and consumers of fiction are personal motives, the dilemmas of choice and the forces impinging on and emanating from individuals. Business, on the other hand, seems deterministic and dryly rational. Because business disdains personality and glorifies the ability to get a job done efficiently, it does not lend itself to fiction. Just try imagining a novel about the life of a venture capitalist...
...these reasons do not explain why, outside of a few notable exceptions, writers have consistently avoided business topics, Christopher Knowlton '78's first novel, The Real World, should put an end to most discussion. This tiresome story of a fledgling management consultant offers convincing evidence that American writers have been successfully discrete in their choice of material...
...opening number, is the various family members explain their roles in the household, the Papa is said to "have the right as master of the house to have the final word at home," True to the tradition, Bruce G. Sabath as Pape Tevye dominates the stage. Sabath grew a beard for his part, and even managers to maintain a Yiddish accent while singing, which itself is extraordinarily strong and solid, especially in Tevye's solo, "If I Were a Rich Man," As Tevye, Sabath brings in a stellar performance as the poor milkman trying to cope with a nagging wife...
...solemn annual duty of film critics to explain why some feckless movie like Animal House or Caddyshack, Stripes or Porky's is, ahem, not really a very distinguished work. And perhaps express concern for the fate of American thought and culture when such films achieve blinding commercial success. The shame of the nation this year is Police Academy...