Word: objectively
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Readers for whom Watership Down is a cult object will doubtless find the animated screen version of Richard Adams' tale lacking in those metaphorical, humanistic overtones and undertones that made this novel about a warren of freedom-loving bunny rabbits a bestseller. The film treats the story as a straightforward adventure, full of, shall we say, harebreadth escapes and ear-chomping fights. But given the care with which the animation has been accomplished, the good flashes of wit in the script and the brisk pace of the direction, the result is a first-class family entertainment. That...
Many students object to the naming of the public affairs library for Engelhard because he was a mining magnate who made his fortune with profits from South African gold mines manned by black laborers...
...annually. A "cost of living" movement has collected more than 1 million signatures in Sao Paulo alone on a petition demanding price freezes and wage hikes. At the same time, there is a potentially dangerous split among the generals: many of them oppose any further liberalization and object to the fact that Geisel himself selected a successor instead of seeking a consensus...
...only part of that huge field of data. However, by doing so they have biased their results and have missed what is probably the more important half of the story--a direct examination of those transcendent experiences. Given the assumptions the authors, held at the outset about their object of study, the conclusions of the book are all too predictable...
...designers opted for a cheaper rectangular Y OF ARIZONA building that rotates with the telescope. A small moat keeps out dust and stray snakes, scorpions and rats. Yet MMT'S most unusual feature is its internal laser tracking system. It enables all six telescopes to follow the same object across the skies with an accuracy of . 1 second of arc, I roughly equivalent to keeping a quarter in the cross hairs of six separate gun sights at a distance of about 25 km (15 miles...