Word: professionalism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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"Acting," he says, "is an empty and useless profession. I do it for the money because for me there is no pleasure. The fact is, there are no contemporary writers of importance. Not one. O'Neill and Tennessee Williams had moments, but I don't regard them as...
In 1962, when he was thinking of running for the Georgia senate, he consulted with a Baptist minister who was visiting Carter's mother. As Carter recalls the incident: "The pastor strongly advised me not to go into such a discredited profession. We had a rather heated argument, and he...
The film's chief complaint is that the male-dominated medical profession has always treated female patients like children or half-wits--diagnosing them summarily, making critical decisions without consulting them, and refusing to explain the risks and medical alternatives to such radical surgery as breast removal and hysterectomy. The...
Deitch has woven a tapestry of wonderful footage of women talking about themselves. Prostitutes explain that they first turned tricks because they were starving. A clinical psychologist and lesbian talks about the discrimination she has suffered in her profession. An aging housewife sits on a park bench under a gray...
Rick Stafford came to Harvard when he was 18 but he never took a course. Instead he's been working here full-time for the past 25 years. He feels he grew up here--he loves Harvard. His grandmother told him, "you either go to a big university or you...