Word: insightfulness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...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...
...Administration somewhat of a mystery. Last week, however, TIME Correspondent Stanley Cloud was allowed to observe the President in action for an entire day, both in the White House and in his private family residence. The result is the first intimate look at how Carter governs, offering an extraordinary insight into what is involved daily in being the President of the U.S. today...
Boozy Sessions. Schubert's Songs is not a how-to-do-it book, although musicians might profit from the author's insight. In discussing the song cycle Die Winterreise (Winter Journey), that stark "chain of variations on the theme of grief," the author notes a brightening of atmosphere brought about by a transition from the minor to major key. Singers beware, he warns: "Things seem less desperate-but Schubert is not finished yet. By reverting to the acerbity of the original minor mode during the postlude, he rules out any possibility of self-indulgence or sentimental self-pity...
...expect a concert--Gillespie and Carter are here to help Harvard musicians learn about the music. But do expect to gain some insight from these two great veterans about a number of jazz eras...
Instead, Golden Clan is a rambling account of how the Irish rich managed to muddle through America with a rosary in one hand and a bank book in the other. Penetrating sociological insight may not be Corry's forte--anyone looking for a portrayal of the rise and fall of the Irish-American ethic would be better off reading Edwin O'Connor's brilliant The Last Hurrah. Yet like many another Irishman, Corry has a real gift for story-telling. Within the contours of his historical narrative lurk all the denizens of the fantasy-world that became the home...