Word: pigeoning
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...elicited through calculated and open-minded contact with its members, organized by skillful use of committees and Faculty meetings, and articulated into policy by administrators who appear responsive to Faculty opinion. It is not enough to throw a problem into a Faculty meeting, as if it were a clay pigeon, and wait to see who takes a shot...
...Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories, by John Updike. Literary exercises by America's most prestigious young writer, author of Pool-house Fair and Rabbit...
...Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories, by John Updike. Another set of short passages by one of the most brilliant young stylists in the U.S., who should be setting his sights higher...
...Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories, by John Updike. The author's ability is enormous, and his gift of language far exceeds that of most contemporaries, but these stories-a young, sensitive husband with a young, doltish wife is a typical theme-are disappointingly unambitious. Still they contain far more human perception than many a hand-heavy "major" novel...
...Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories, by John Updike. The author's ability is enormous, and his gift of language far exceeds that of most contemporaries, but these stories-a young sensitive husband with a young, doltish wife is a typical theme-are disappointingly unambitious. Still they contain far more human perception than many a hand-heavy "major" novel...