Word: insights
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...very rich congregated in the summer. Here, in what they called with false modesty their "cottages," they engaged in rituals of consumption and display that were so extreme, competitive and self-referential that they eclipsed anything done in private American building before or since. Newport confirms the piercing insight of Henry Adams, lamenting the crassness of his time: "The American wasted more money more recklessly than anyone ever did before; he spent more to less purpose than any extravagant court-aristocracy; he had no sense of relative values...
...intend to suggest that other campus publications have have this news--the other publications I am referring to are national newspapers, some from across the country, which provide me with interesting insight into Harvard news events that I do not get from The Crimson...
...That new insight may be the dopamine hypothesis' most important contribution in the fight against drugs. It completes the loop between the mechanism of addiction and programs for treatment. And it raises hope for more effective therapies. Abstinence, if maintained, not only halts the physical and psychological damage wrought by drugs but in large measure also reverses...
...Christian minister, I thought author Camille Paglia had the best insight into why Christians who believe in the Bible have a problem with homosexuality [TELEVISION, April 14]. We have a heartfelt conviction that it is wrong. The Bible teaches that wrong is wrong, but it also teaches that some things will result in greater public outcry than others. Sexuality is one of them. The extreme fringes of sexuality will always carry the most severe consequences. (THE REV.) WENDELL RAY First Baptist Church Gulf Breeze, Florida...
...presenting a variety of preliminary sketches and collages, MFA curator Barbara Stern Shapiro provides important insight into Lichtenstein's working process. She also includes four landscape monotypes by Degas, which Lichtenstein credits as the initial inspiration for his atmospheric landscapes. However, a formal comparison between Degas' prints and Lichtenstein's paintings yields few enlightening similarities, perhaps suggesting that artistic inspiration, like Chinese landscapes, is better left veiled in mystery...