Word: lucidly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...well to video teaching. An amateur chef watching a cooking tape--like Wok Before You Run, with Chinese Chef Stephen Yan as host--can see, and not just read, what his concoction is supposed to look like. The World's Greatest Photography Course, presented by Photographer Lief Ericksenn, uses lucid narration and lots of visual examples to demonstrate, not just how to pick a proper f-stop or choose a lens, but subtler matters such as how to recognize a good picture and how to compose one. How to Watch Pro Football, produced by the National Football League, uses illuminating...
Letters (Abrams; 311 pages; $67.50). That is not the fault of Barbara Ehrlich White, a Renoir expert who has written a thorough and commendably lucid biography of the great French painter. The problem stems from the size of this magnificent book, which is every bit as big and heavy as it has to be to accommodate hundreds of sumptuous reproductions. They too, of course, distract attention from the text: voluptuous nudes, enchanted gardens, glittering portraits and skies filled to the brim with sunlight. Dedicated readers will learn that Renoir's long life was not as serene and untroubled...
...memorable political press conferences of modern times. The questions, about her family finances and personal ethics, were complicated and often barbed, yet she managed to seem neither combative nor defensive. Her manner was precise and serious, but relaxed and good-humored too. Her answers were lucid and carefully organized, anecdotal and unpretentious. In North Oaks, Mondale stared at the TV image of his running mate, transfixed by her grace under extraordinary pressure. "The tone is right," he marveled. "The honesty is coming through. Her integrity shows. Her integrity shows...
...valley of the painted horse", and a character named "Rapture" come right out of the fantasy worlds created for and by children. Oh-Ok's lyrics may be simple, but they are certainly not straightforward. Rather, they prefer to make their songs fragmented and oblique, hiding meaning not beneath lucid narrative, but in seemingly nonsensical childish ramblings...
...Evidence like nose on anteater." Does that count? Russians are better at such things. Once in my earshot Lillian Hellman observed: "A crazy person is crazy all the time." I have frequently found that valuable, particularly when in the company of a crazy person who is, for the moment, lucid. Confucius said: "Filial piety is the constant requirement of Heaven." That seems to me an excellent aphorism...