Word: modelling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...avid supporter of what the United Nations represents, my attention was caught by your article on the model U.N. conference which took place at Harvard recently. I admire the effort made by the model United Nations Group but I must point out that there are some things about the U.N. that are not worth imitating, particularly its waste of funds. I find the arrival of delegates in Cadillacs, for example somewhat distasteful in light of the ongoing international tragedy in the Third World. It seems to me that as a delegate one could get caught up in all the glamour...
Allen is already at work on his next movie, a "serious comedy" called Hannah and Her Sisters, starring himself and Farrow, his companion of four years. Having made 13 films in the past 15 years, he likes being busy. His directorial model is not the legendary raging egomaniac but the quiet craftsman who prides himself on his productivity. "I don't want to get into that commercial film cycle that says that every time a film comes out it has to be hailed as an event," he says. "All the foreign filmmakers I loved, including Bergman, just turned out their...
Clancy may also be faulted for setting up a model of macho military behavior that includes potential disobedience of orders. In his zeal to defend the defecting Red October from an Alfa-class Soviet hunter, the commander of a U.S. attack sub considers torpedoing the Alfa on his own authority. Another American officer vows that if the Soviets fire at Red October, then he will destroy the hunter, "and rules of engagement be damned...
...three types of software available--data matrix, model template and comprehensive caseware--perform a number of functions to supplement case analysis, ranging from performing calculations to exhibiting tables to illustrating model solutions...
Glen Philpott one of the patient big brothers to be, said that youngsters are drawn to the program because of a fascination with sports heroes. "The American role model for a lot of kids is the athlete," he said...