Word: modernizations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Adler has made a point of pondering and whacking at the errors of his chosen victims in modern philosophy for more than 50 years. As a brash undergraduate at Columbia, he once confronted the august philosopher John Dewey so sharply on a theological issue that the great man stormed from the room growling, "Nobody is going to tell me how to love God." In Ten Philosophical Mistakes Adler makes only an occasional swipe at Dewey and leaves God pretty much alone. But he takes on Locke, Hume, Rousseau, Hobbes, Marx and a passel of other post-16th century thinkers, whose...
...Nick Maneuso's Eli handsome and well groomed enough to be a Ken doil, and he's just as dull lot awhile, but blanketed intensity and final indignation are all the mere effective in the end Heartbreakers is updated look at Nathanael West The Day of the "dream dump," modern day Los Angeles, those who state are all dissatisfied and spend she then days and might pretending they...
LaCrosby explains that the three singers considered the idea of singing songs from only one genre, but decided that it would be less limiting to explore areas of music which are performed infrequently at Harvard. "We had all done jazz before, and modern pop just isn't played enough. We felt it would be a really nice mix and we would have a chance to spread our wings a little...
...director showed rare brilliance, using modern techniques without making Hamlet innovative for innovation's sake. Andrew Sullivan (Hamlet) and Christopher Keyser (Claudius) presented new interpretations of their roles Anyone with an interest in theater, or an open mind, would have been able to appreciate the creativity and brilliance of the production. Relax, C.J. Freshman. Jenny Landan...
...professor has assigned a rather unusual example of group dynamics taken to its logical extreme. The premise of Death Race 2000 (Kirkland House)--an cross-country automobile competition with time reductions awarded according to the number of people run down--strikes Dewitt as a reflection of the violence overcoming modern American society, or at least society at Kirkland House Where else but K-Land could you see Sylvester Stallone developing his dramatic technique...