Word: ideas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...haven't noticed any effect like a decrease in crime, but I think it's a good idea," he says. "Seeing them in the dining halls helps develop a relationship between students and the police department...
Students are very busy; not everyone can be expected to devote much of their time fighting these injustices, but the idea that it is acceptable to economically support the perpetrators simply because of our fondness for a particular food is appalling. I do not know enough about the situation to make a genuinely informed decision, but the information presented so far makes it utterly clear that at the very least, more thought should be given before changing the policy. If nothing else, it is not clear what circumstances have changed to warrant this new policy. In a Crimson article...
Then the two Presidents sat down facing each other in high-backed armchairs, with their top aides on nearby sofas. This session had been Clinton's idea and against the advice of his political strategists and media spin specialists. The political handlers wanted to hear no charges of "coddling dictators," a phrase Clinton had used against George Bush in the 1992 campaign. Finally, Clinton overruled his aides on having a private chat with Jiang, saying, "Listen, I can't really see where he stands on these things and really express my own feelings unless I'm able to meet with...
...area in which Umabatha encounters serious problems is language. Since the play is in Zulu, an odd set of unspoken assumptions seems to be established even before the play begins. The idea seems to be that the viewer will already be familiar with Macbeth and can thus follow Umabatha as it weaves variations on the original text. Unfortunately, a viewer who neither knows Shakespeare's play well nor understands Zulu is likely to find much of the action confusing. The play's program does provide scene summaries in English, and large LED boards flanking the stage periodically show abbreviated English...
...includes several black, rubber and Beracryl castings of mundane objects like a candle or a doggy dish. Although these hand-made "readymades" may be overly indebted to Jasper John's light bulb or flashlight castings of the early 1960s, other pieces in the exhibition toy more originally with the idea of banal objects posing as high...