Word: mentoring
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Wills notes that Wayne conducted his career cautiously, and one suspects that, like the Old West itself, Wayne was a large, empty space needing to be filled in. This task was largely undertaken by his powerful mentor, John Ford, a director whose sentimental pictorialism masked a mean and primitive spirit. Wills devotes almost as much space to him as he does to Wayne, yet never notices that Ford romanticized not far-darting freedom but stolid dutifulness. He and Wayne gave it near tragic dimensions in the great They Were Expendable, a terrible obsessional quality in The Searchers. Twice (in Fort...
Kirkup praises his mentor's involvement in the projects of her students...
When Colmer, a Democrat, in 1972 announced his retirement from the House, Lott declared his candidacy--as a Republican--and eventually won his mentor's endorsement. Lott proved an energetic and persuasive campaigner. As he later explained to his son, "If a little old lady with a cane and a mustache asks you to kiss her, you better do it and enjoy it, or she's gonna know it." Lott lost 15 lbs. that he didn't have to lose. He sometimes lost his voice. But he won the election...
...definition have long recaptured our primary attention since last fall's elections. Lately, though, when I hear people say, "I'm not into politics," I am curious as to their intent. Whether or not you identify with the political structure of this country and participate in it, as my mentor this past summer, Elisania Nunez, asserted, "Politics is into...
Well, not quite. Ovitz spent Christmas hopping from his new yacht, The Illusion, in the Bahamas to Auldbrass, Lethal Weapon producer Joel Silver's estate in South Carolina. From there he headed to Aspen, Colorado. He returned to Los Angeles to attend the funeral of Phil Weltman, his mentor at the William Morris Agency...