Word: methodical
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...going on four decades, they've been the odd couple of Method movie stars: implosive vs. explosive, compressed energy and showboating showmanship. Robert De Niro caught our eye and kept it by being watchful, a figure of static electricity, a hoarder of his characters' motives. He did more by seeming to do nothing. Al Pacino was the total opposite: he laid it all on the table. Then he sliced it up, gobbled it down and spat it out. Before leaving the room, he'd scream at the table, smash it to pieces and use one of the splinters to pick...
...usual, Woodward empties his notebooks, delivering the delicious quotes ("I'm a Socratic Method person," says Bush) and analysis (Woodward claims the reduction in violence owes as much to covert operations against extremists as to the surge) that we've come to expect--and frankly, demand--from his work. A better first draft of history might be difficult to find...
...SCIENTIFIC METHOD...
...contrast, the new method holds the promise of going directly from one mature cell type to another. It's like a scientist becoming a lawyer without having to go back to kindergarten and grow up again, Melton says...
...Through this program, we are exposing students to something that far too many of them don't see at home," Smith said. "This innovative method is reaching kids at a time in their lives when they can absorb the most information possible...