Word: formulas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Yesterday's game saw Harvard prescribe to a formula not normally conducive to victory. The Crimson fielders committed three errors, the pitchers gave up 13 hits and walked five, and the hitters struck out nine times, managing just six hits...
...idea that morality grows out of the effort to imagine the feelings of people other than ourselves is not some fancy new formula from the front lines of morality research. This is what used to be known as the Golden Rule, subscribed to by believers and nonbelievers alike and once considered a perfectly adequate foundation for liberalism. Instead of trying to reinvent it, maybe our morality mavens should be asking what happened to it and how we got into such a sorry condition that we need 277 pages of closely reasoned text to remind us of what something as elementary...
...will grapple for some time. Our future will constantly be a battle between these two forces, between academic ambition and the desire for social acceptance, between career aspirations and spousal responsibilities, between professional commitments and maternal obligations. Let us not be discouraged by the challenge of finding the right formula, but let us look forward instead to the fulfilling rewards we will reap when this balance is struck...
...Four Dogs" is supposed to be a critique of the film industry, it remains rather thin. So what if these stereotypes are true? Shanley, in spite of his wonderful ear for that which is funny, has unfortunately bought into the Hollywood writing formula--the work produced is pleasurable but ultimately does not tackle any meaty themes. For an evening of merriment, "Four Dogs" is a good bet. But if a Brechtian intellectualized theater is what you're looking for, it won't be found in this dog-eat-dog farce...
...baby is orphaned, or a welfare family cannot afford another child, then the Harvard-Radcliffe Alliance is willing to work with the Human Life Alliance in paying for all costs, including hospital stays (even if the baby is born with a serious medical condition), childcare, clothing, diapers, formula and college costs. Its checkbook will be open. I admire its generosity...