Word: particularization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Snow. Half a century before the Impressionists, Constable was fascinated by the effects of light-in particular, light that came from his beloved and changeable English sky. His ambition, he said, was to "give one moment caught from fleeting time a lasting and sober existence." In his sketches are dozens of studies of clouds. He strove to capture the sparkling play of light on leaves, grass and stones. To achieve this, he daubed little blobs of white and color onto his canvases, making no attempt to blend them-as can be seen in his enchanting little study of Rushes...
PUSEY: That particular decision was taken in the hours following the occupation itself...
...course Wolfe must pay a price for such dexterity. Since every character he recreates speaks with an equal force, the author's particular vantage point remains frustratingly ambiguous. In only one section of The Acid Test--a digression on the Rat aesthetic of the Southwest--does Wolfe permit himself to be unequivocally "satirical." Most of the time, he is simply too busy loving what he criticizes to be really vindictive...
...universities that get in the way of serious social scientists who are trying to make contacts and learn about government policy. One of these characteristics is students. In Lipset's "University of the United States" the student problem will be taken care of once and for all. This particular Ultimate Solution is one that many faculty members at Harvard and other universities would probably greet enthusiastically: "There is clearly no way to reduce the concerns of existing universities about the possible loss of faculty to a major Washington school. Some of the other insecurities, however, might be reduced...
...Harvard professors helped to choose the Spanish section, and a student compiled the Italian books, giving the collection a connoisseur's touch. Italian books, in particular, are scarce in the Harvard area. Not even Shoenhof's has a good collection...