Word: insightfulness
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...other stories in the book, while more or less mediocre, demonstrate along with the story of the boy and the ancient prostitute, a certain ability for the particular and an insight into the quixotic. Although the over-riding characteristic of Lessing's writing-which is extremely uneven from story to story-is long-windedness, it is only when she addresses social abstracts that she makes a fool of herself. Then, appreciable as her sentiments may be it is one long wince for the reader, and, especially if the reader is under thirty, rather like watching one's parents...
...RENAISSANCE by Peter Murray. 401 pages. Abrams. $35. This may well be the best general introduction to Renaissance building now in print. Peter Murray, a distinguished art historian at the University of London, has written an urbane, balanced and minutely informative text that gives a consistent level of insight into a very complex though much discussed subject. Particularly rewarding is his treatment of 15th century Italian architecture in terms not simply of aesthetics and detail but of function...
...body demands" drove C. Douglas Dillon out of the Cabinet. Then there is Mrs. Averell Harriman's response when told her husband looked terrific at age 70: "You'd look terrific too, if you did nothing but play polo until you were forty years old." These anecdotes provide insight as well as humor. They form the heart of the book...
...majority interests. As McGovern's campaign manager, Gary Hart, put it in his postmortem: "People who used to be poor are not poor any longer. Their interests are not the same. So it isn't enough to say Democrats, Democrats, lunch pail, lunch pail." Only with this insight can the Democrats begin their road back to reality...
Doyle was on the lunch for the Knights that night, and I who on the floor for the Tigers. That in itself should give you a little insight into just how menial the task St. Marian had in staying the not-so-mighty Tiger that night of March 1. I had visions of State Basketball Title, front page picture in the South Bend Tribune, a fire engine ride through the streets of South Bend, a tale for future kids and grand kids, and a victory banquet...