Word: expounder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...campus with an administration and student body that so eloquently expound on the virtues of a diverse learning environment, it is odd that we do not take advantage of the unique combination of people and places that Boston offers. Few of us have made friends at other schools since beginning our college careers. Many more of us in fact, have lost touch with high school friends at B.U. or B.C., friends who might be able to introduce us to the places in Boston that we are missing...
...would expect TIME to be among the first to expound on the technological and cultural possibilities of broadcasting live video over the Internet. Instead, your article appears to give blatant support to a practice that is degrading to both genders of the human race. If I had wanted to read about and see pornography, I would have subscribed to Playboy. VANESSA HAYS Morton...
...tasteless for a couple of American journalists to criticize the heroic efforts of the French doctors and the British intelligence team that have had to pick up the pieces and deal with the aftermath of the accident. The authors can wheel out as many American experts as they like, expound on as many theories as they like of how American procedures could have saved Diana's life, but this is just another tacky attempt to make money out of Diana's horrific death. MARY WESTCOTT-YOUNG Nottingham, England...
Congratulations on the informative articles on Buddhism, American-style [RELIGION, Oct. 13]. As you pointed out, the Four Noble Truths that expound on the sudden flash of insight that the Buddha received some 2,500 years ago have stood the test of time. These basic truths are as relevant to late 20th century America as they were to 6th century B.C. India. Trials and tribulations are constant factors in daily living, and meditation can only make good sense as a tool to get in touch with our inner core and the spiritual self to weather life's troubles. OM SAHAI...
...particularly enjoyed Dilip Gaonkar's presentation on the problems of losing the object-domain in cultural studies--this is a mistake Harvard is prone to make, given the tendency in the social sciences to lose touch with reality and expound in one's theories," he said in an e-mail message...