Word: partiality
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...script is full of out-of-place lines and suggestive unresolved themes--the black cat as evil's embodiment, Joan Allison's actions under a narcotic. In another director's hands their non-resolution would be irritating; for Ulmer they must remain suggestions. Only thus can they work as partial explanations of his characters' actions. Similarly, the script omits a lot of explanation of characters and events. But their resulting strangeness contributes to Black Cat's transcendence of normal experience. Ulmer uses all the odd events of his films to make his characters' evolution seem right...
...committee is also considering the possibility of dropping the slate system. If an individual member got enough signatures, he could run for one of the slots without a complete or partial slate. Another system under discussion would be comparable to the Cambridge City Council voting, where one's first choice gets seven votes, second choice six, and so froth. This method almost guarantees minority group representation. When the By-Laws Committee makes its suggestions to the stockholders and other directors, it will not be doubt propose some combination of the different plans to improve the voting method...
...country to country-Germany, Russia, Japan among others-gathering evidence to support his group-neurosis theory. The theory is, at best, debatable. And like most men with a pet theory, Feuer seems compelled to hand in evidence in his own favor. But his book makes fascinating reading as a partial compilation of the games a great many young people play. With allowances for Feuer's bias, the basic game of Getting Back at Father goes like this...
...team has found a partial solution to the maintenance problem: Cliffies. At the Cornell game, a contingent of three walked the horses between periods. Some girls even help exercise the ponies, although playing the game still remains an all-male enterprise...
...grade then his tutor recommends, and to make that decision on the basis of a ten-page paper which could at best represent only a portion of his tutorial work. Giving responsibility to tutors would be a more complete remedy for the arbitrary grading in Gov 98 then the partial measure the department has proposed...