Word: ravings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...transform one of the government's most sclerotic agencies. Within months, the Commerce Department--of all places--had its own "war room," with charts, maps and tallies of foreign contracts for which U.S. firms were competing. Brown's aggressive lobbying on behalf of U.S. corporations won rave reviews from business leaders. On trips to Japan, Brazil, Africa and a dozen other places, a seat on his plane became one of the most coveted perks of the Clinton Administration...
Dennett's book got rave reviews and has sold well, 100,000 copies to date. But among philosophers the reaction was mixed. The can-do attitude that was common in the decades after Ryle wrote--the belief that consciousness is readily "explained"--has waned. "Most people in the field now take the problem far more seriously," says Rutgers University philosopher Colin McGinn, author of The Problem of Consciousness. By acting as if consciousness is no great mystery, says McGinn, "Dennett's fighting a rearguard action...
Written by John Patrick Shanley, whose other credits include "Moon-struck" and "Joe vs. the Volcano", "Four Dogs" opened to rave reviews in both New York and Los Angeles. And deservedly so, since it takes the worst stereotypes plaguing the film industry and weaves them into a complex web of machinations, as each character tries to manipulate the others into fulfilling his, or her, own desires. No one is above seduction, threats overt and covert, back-stabbing, or just plain simple bitchiness...
Despite the rough edges of this test version, Quake has drawn rave reviews from 'Net users for the power of its three-dimensional engine and the more exciting Deathmatches built into the software...
During the two semesters which the program has run, it has met with rave reviews from undergraduate students and TFs alike...