Word: possessives
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There is probably still another reason for America's official reluctance to deal with South Korean corruption. Those officials may well possess a sufficient sense of hypocrisy not to condemn foreign governments for the sort of actions that America has practiced for decades. Like South Korea, the United States has funneled money to foreign politicians and granted gifts (usually weapons instead of antiques) to those it wished to influence. And, unlike South Korea, America has manipulated massive sums of financial aid, directed programs of assassination of foreign officials and conducted secret wars abroad. South Korea has only brought home...
David Eddy (Scapino) is a case in point. Eddy is a fine actor and his pirate imitation in the second act marks the highlight of the show. But Eddy does not possess the polished energy needed to maintain two solid hours of high-flying farce. The part crys out for Jim Dale in a very special way. While certain parts have been stamped by the individuals who made them famous--Liza Minelli in Cabaret, Zero Mostel in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, to name two--rarely is a part actually created for a specific stage...
...impact on the CIA behemoth if he continues his reluctance to deal with specifics. The media is unlikely to take notice of him for unspecific "wrongdoing" and "lies." If, on the other hand, he comes completely clean and goes "on the record" with the information he claims to possess about CIA indiscretions, he very well might make the waves he so fervently desires...
...provincial in the sense of being ignorant of other cultures and other times. It is no longer possible to conduct our lives without reference to the wider world or to the historical forces that have shaped the present and will shape the future. Perhaps few educated people will ever possess a sufficiently broad perspective. But it seems clear to me that a crucial difference between the educated and the uneducated is the extent to which one's life experience is viewed in wider contexts...
...shallowness is unwarranted. It is the quality of instruction, not the number of courses, that guards against superficiality. Both "general" and "special" education can be superficial or profound. The successful training of intellect requires teachers who believe in the importance of this approach to undergraduate education and who possess the talents to make it work...