Word: giftedness
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The peace movement in Ireland is bigger than its three gifted, Iuminous leaders. The constitution of the Peace People sets up an elaborately decentralized in the movement. The marches are over now, and the hard work of peace has just begun.
In Max Perkins: Editor of Genius Berg convincingly argues that it was Perkins' overwhelming sense of loyalty and responsibility to his writers that made him a scrupulous editor and a successful advocate for their cause when his supervisors and fellow editors at Scribners balked. This biography provides an excellent picture...
But freshman year, he had to share the spotlight with Ralph Polillio, a gifted wingback-type halfback. Sophmore year he failed to play much, and junior year he found himself seventh on the depth chart. But some people got hurt, and he broke a 38-yard run against Dartmouth, setting...
And in the end, though we waited all along for gifted Jim Rice to give us the game-winning moonshot that we all took for granted, the spotlight incidently fell on an athlete who knows its beam all too well.
Gogol promised Pushkin, who gave him the idea for the plot, that his play would be "funnier than hell." It is fair to assume that Gogol meant the stress to fall equally on the first and last words. Greatly gifted though he is, Rumanian Director Liviu Ciulei has ignored the...