Word: lucidity
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...hopes of a well-thought out, well-implemented program to replace the Core—which was neither well-thought out nor well-implemented—will be dashed upon the rocks of mediocrity and befuddlement unless the committee develops clearer objectives. They have not decided on a lucid concept of the purpose of general education, and as a result, all further discussion seems to be moving in circles. Students and faculty must know what the principles underlying the proposed system of general education are—and they must buy into it—or else the long-heralded...
...mysterious egg-like structure beneath the Carpenter Center ramp served as the site of Huyghe’s live performance last month. VES concentrator William A.W. Parker ’07 says “the show was more of an experience. The enclosed space created a kind of lucid dreamscape for the fairy tale to take form...
...debutante ball! The idea of that process as an end product of its own is valid but remains a fantasy. Nevertheless, I want readers to see my work the way I think about the topics: ruminative, sensitive, shrewd. Specific, but with broad implications. Pointed yet flexible; irreverent yet respectful; lucid yet informal...
...envelops the damp percussion—is it a drum machine or just some dude beatboxing? Lyrically he more recites blurry jingles and scraps of melody than pronounces anything particularly relevant, using his voice as just another instrument in the fray. In tone he alternates here between a fairly lucid baritone and a whining falsetto, a trend that holds up throughout the disc. This tendency toward wild fluctuations gives an effect of purposely pathetic overextension (see the absurd choir-boy-to-demon shift in “Among Dreams”), as if he’s playing every part...
...YOUR SHOW. YOU SAY HE LOVES YOU EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT SUPPORTING HIS SON? I asked him that--yeah, he does. He's enormously bright. This really sounds gratuitous, but my favorite person to talk to is Andy Rooney. He's 85 years old, but he's lucid and bright and amusing and clever. I mean, there are these kinds of people. And I really feel the same about...