Word: mentored
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...novels have prompted this sort of what's-the-real-story queries before, most notably his Pulitzer prizewinning Humboldt's Gift (1975). In that book, the brilliant but mentally deteriorating poet Von Humboldt Fleisher was widely regarded as a fictional copy of Delmore Schwartz, a friend and onetime mentor to the young Bellow. The author never denied an imaginative connection between Humboldt and Schwartz, but neither did he think it a topic much worth discussing. And he was right. For a quarter-century, untold thousands of people who never heard of Delmore Schwartz have read Humboldt's Gift and been...
Ravelstein owes his good, big fortune to Chick, who suggested that his friend write a book in the hope of bringing his expensive tastes and his professorial income into closer alignment. But Chick does not consider himself Ravelstein's benefactor or mentor: "Though I was his senior by some years he saw himself as my teacher." Chick sees things the same way and willingly obeys Ravelstein's instructions: "He wanted me to write his biography and at the same time he wanted to rescue me from my pernicious habits. He thought I was stuck in privacy and should be restored...
Waiting for my results, feeling especially insecure, I called my masculinity mentor, Adam Carolla, the host of Comedy Central's The Man Show. "I'm guessing you're a little light," Carolla said. He suggested that I sign up for the AndroGel now. "A little extra aggression, a couple of extra inches on the biceps, a little body hair could help you," he said. When I mentioned my concern about taking unprescribed medication, Carolla suggested that I just eat a lot of beef jerky. "I believe there is a lot of testosterone in jerky. That would be the most logical...
...calls it a "mentor-apprentice relationship," because while she teaches her students the basics of painting, they have significant artistic freedom...
...Tuesday, notHarvard.com and Talk City, Inc. announced that they will work together to offer free interactive online courses on TalkCity websites. NotHarvard.com will produce the courses for TalkCity's Mentor Center, according to a press release distributed by PR Newswire...