Word: explicitness
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...house, and the logic behind each house’s particular policy is equally inconsistent. The UC’s Rooming Choice Act calls for much needed uniformity across houses: a rooming group’s ability to live in a mixed-gender suite should be based on explicit consent from all parties, not particular architectural barriers. Under the proposed system, mixed-gender housing would not be the default condition but would be a possibility for everyone. We believe it is an option that every student deserves.Given the importance of housing to our college experience, it is only reasonable...
...Artists are interested in finding ways to extract from the world and build something that has an aesthetic and political component.” But then he argues from all sides, noting that what begins as art often becomes propaganda as it gains a more and more explicit political focus.And yet for Moss, filmmaking is not simply an art fraught with controversy, mired in ethical issues, trapped by the marketplace. Films for Moss are also aesthetic and beautiful things. He evokes his early experiences with film, saying, “Film integrated everything: the political, the worldly, the aesthetic...
...Firm,” and “Tequila Sunrise,” manages to send a poignant message about the struggle between personal identity, love, and societal acceptance. The romantic tug-of-war he creates between Bandini and Camilla is artfully executed—not through blunt, explicit lines, but through the carefully directed actions of his characters. The film’s settings seem almost drawn onto the screen, taken directly out of a picture book. Bandini’s apartment, in particular—with only a barren palm tree visible through the window and a small...
...internet service providers. Where the Patriot Act originally included a “gag rule” forbidding recipients of FBI requests for library patron information from speaking about them, the compromise provided the option of judicial review of the gag rule. The Patriot Act renewal legislation made explicit a recipient’s right to consult with an attorney about these FBI requests, and a third part of the compromise removed a provision that would have forced recipients to identify their attorneys to the FBI. Senior Director of Federal and State Relations Kevin Casey said that the changes...
...begin, the victory of Three 6 Mafia in the category of Best Song could fairly be viewed as open mockery of Black America. “It’s Hard out Here for a Pimp” is the explicit and offensive rap song brought to us courtesy of “Hustle and Flow”—a movie that seeks to inspire our sympathy for Terrence Howard’s character by showing us just how hard it really is to exploit and abuse women. Its win on Sunday provides a clear example of mainstream...