Word: keenness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rule, from 1576 to 1612, he was forced to cede Hungary, Moravia, Austria and Bohemia. Yet he had vision of sorts. He was an amateur astronomer, brought Johannes Kepler and Tycho Brahe to the Hradčany, his imperial castle in Prague, to perfect his stargazing. Rudolf's keen eye carried over into the arts, which he collected with all the magpiety of a Renaissance nobleman worshiping beauty. It was one of the world's greatest collections, but Rudolf could not hold on to it either...
...film distinguished for airy good humor, the performances are all neatly off-center, and the setting catches the nostalgia of Ronald Searle's curlicued title designs. But beneath the thrills, spills and laughter of this farcical adventure lies a keen, almost wistful admiration for the great achievements of aviation's pioneers. Though the tone is mocking, the feeling is true. Those magnificent men, fluttering foolishly skyward, carry with them the fears and aspirations that humanity often perceives most clearly and with the greatest delight in the forlorn figure of a clown...
...room, took notes, then conferred with Blake for an hour daily to pinpoint ways in which the class could have been improved. "We saw where he got off the track here, or had skipped over a point there," explains Ashin. Most helpful, recalls Blake, were Ash in's keen pointers on how "to use questions to bring the students to question among themselves." Blake also appreciated Ashin's advice on timing the discussions better so that the most significant points got a bigger share of the class period...
...wants him for herself. But he cannot face the supreme sacrifice she demands and winds up in a catatonic state in her broom closet. By profession, Author Chopping is a commercial artist-he designed the dust jackets for Ian Fleming's James Bond books. His eye is microscopically keen. Unhappily, it is riveted on the Excremental Vision...
...cool. The first thing he established was that the real villains were the subordinates of the Housing Authority, not the bosses. He thus served to protect his friends (he was an army buddy of the executive director of the Housing Authority, for example.) Even then he wasn't too keen on attacking anyone...