Word: informative
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...snapshot of one small movement, but instead comes away with a sense of what happened artistically between the classic 18th century still lifes of Jean-Siméom Chardin and the 20th century innovations of Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. Related paintings are placed side by side to inform the viewer’s understanding of both the history and the aesthetics behind Impressionist still life painting...
Rick Kaplan, the former president of CNN, says that it is a journalist’s job to inform people of what is crucial. His comments came at a journalism conference at the Institute of Politics last month where one of the major topics of discussion was what news the media should cover...
...Bush to temporarily evacuate senior civil servants from Washington to be in position to oversee their regional department offices. But it was overly hasty of the executive branch to indefinitely implement a shadow government without consulting all of the leaders of Congress. The failure of the Bush administration to inform all top congressional leaders of the plan is indicative of the administration’s broader problem with transparency...
Jack the butcher (Michael Caine) is dead. His three pals and his adopted son (beautifully played by Tom Courtenay, David Hemmings, Bob Hoskins and Ray Winstone) bibulously set forth to scatter his ashes in the sea. As they drive, flashbacks inform us of a life richer in complexity, coincidence and moral confusion than we might expect from a humble shopkeeper. Schepisi also wrote this patient adaptation of Graham Swift's Booker prizewinning novel, in which wry humor and even a certain sexiness break through the reserve of a rueful, realistic, but finally emotionally rewarding film. --By Richard Schickel
...also addressed what he believes is the underlying source of prisoners' agitation - what's going to happen to them and when - by telling the prisoners over loudspeakers that they "would be judged fairly, at some time in the future." Lehnert will now speak to the detainees weekly to inform them what, if anything, he knows of their status...