Word: frankness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...another of his characteristically frank remarks, Nyerere said "It's time Africa grew up." By the time the Conference was over, encouraging signs of maturity and progress had been made, and it was clear that Malawi, which did not even attend the Conference, had been left out of the bargain...
Ultimately Chappaqua's integrity derives from still-photographer Robert Frank's color camera. Though filming took over three years, proceeding slowly on Rooks' capricious shooting schedule, Franks preserves a consistent style of juxtaposing hand-held and tripod based shots, creating, then shattering continuity in order to disorient the viewer. The camera follows Harwick into an airplane bathroom, pries closer to watch him sniff cocaine, then finds itself too close--a scant inch from his dissipated bleary-eyed face as he turns to leave the bathroom; he approaches the camera, virtually menacing the lens, and Franks cuts away to another scene...
...students were perfectly frank as they reported on their discussions. The two points they brought up in connection with the debate on smoking underlined the main concerns with the school of both students and faculty. The first is a concern over the relative quality of students and faculty. The second is a desire to keep the school united, in this case by not separating the smokers from the non-smokers...
STOP-TIME by Frank Conroy. 304 pages. Viking...
...Like most children," writes Frank Conroy in this precocious autobiography, "I was anti-sentimental and quick to hear false notes...