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Word: insightfulness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...would expect the teacher recommendations, another important subjective criterion, to give some insight into the performance of Third World students. Here also the Third World is shortchanged. The teacher cannot possibly give a good and informative recommendation for a student when he barely knows the students. This is inevitable when the teacher is trying to effectively teach 50 or more students. In addition to this, the typical situation is that many teachers do not sympathize with, understand, or have confidence in the aspirations of their Third World students--largely because most of those teachers are white...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Minority Recruitment A Third World, a Different World | 2/21/1978 | See Source »

...cool, jaded, manipulative. Dashiell Hammit included a last scene in his book during which the reader really grasps what a contemptible specimen Spade is. But Huston thankfully understood that a film version could dispense with this redeeming moralism especially at the expense of Bogart's persona. A remarkably sophisticated insight for a director so seemingly wet behind the ears...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swell Dames and Death Wishes | 2/16/1978 | See Source »

Morial said yesterday his primary objective will be to give students insight into the administrative problems of running a city government...

Author: By George G. Scholomite, | Title: New Orleans Mayor-Elect To Teach Here | 2/7/1978 | See Source »

...budget is an engineer's document with no flashes of inspiration or insight but with a cautious and thorough probing of the national machinery, a bit of tin; kering here, a new part there, a yank on a lever or two and a squirt of the oilcan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Carter v. Carter on the Budget | 2/6/1978 | See Source »

...being himself. In these scenes Wilder displays a dramatic sensitivity which his more recent Mel Brooks roles have not allowed him to develop. The comedy and conflicts generated by this situation might have been sufficient material for a light but pleasant romantic film which would have highlighted Wilder's insight and talent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gags And Other Buffoonery | 1/10/1978 | See Source »

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