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However, earlier documents provide insight into how the decision to allocate millions of dollars in federal funds is made...
...journalism in hard cover. History requires analysis, context, good writing and -- something Woodward never provides -- footnotes, sources, some kind of record that scholars and other readers can check to determine how well the author has done his job. Although The Commanders lacks all that, Woodward does provide interesting insight into how a democratic government functions in times of crisis. If there are no eye-popping disclosures, there are many new details. Among them...
...didn't want my wisdom. He wanted a sound bite. Or, in the outmoded argot of print, a quote. Under the conventions of American journalism, his insight was worthless to him until he could get someone else to utter it, thus conferring on his nugget some spurious authority and relieving himself of any taint of opinion or bias. I could just as easily quote him to the same purpose. Someday I will...
...ever since Plato first observed that "astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another." Grunwald offers no final answers, but her chart of genius in extremis is witty and sympathetic. In The Theory of Everything, Alexander has come up with an extraordinary insight. His creator has kept pace. She has produced that rarest of all items in the VCR age: an authentic philosophical novel...
...version of "Ain't Nobody's Business," Holiday launches into a fragmented account of her personal development, beginning with an unhappy childhood and touching on her experiences as a prostitute and in prison. These narrative snippets--excerpts from Holiday's autobiography adapted by Brown for this production--provide valuable insight into the emotional life behind Holiday's compositions and are well-integrated into the musical program...