Word: reflective
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cinema critic and resident film historian. Unlike some film anthologies, L.G.T.T.M. does not spend all its time gazing in a rearview mirror. "From the beginning," says Schickel, "we set out to accomplish much more than an exercise in nostalgia. Our aim was the same as LIFE'S-to reflect actuality as well as art, to show both the inner and the outer realities." That reflection is caught in every segment of the show: newsreels are continually interspersed with cuts from memorable films. Often, as when World War II melodramas are blended with the real thing, the sequences are both...
...gaffe that inspires a politician's nightmares. The verbal slips were slight. Old Football Player Ford began to predict improved economic prospects for "the fifth quarter" and quickly checked himself. Carter, often accused of changing his mind, said he would select Supreme Court Justices "who would most accurately reflect my own basic political philosophy as best I could determine...
...addition, the statement says, Nobel prizes are usually awarded for work done over a long period of time and do not reflect this year's strengths...
...average about 100 points lower than mean scores for whites. Brill claims that he found a study that showed a gap of 133 points between the median scores of black and white males on Law Boards. Some, including the folks at ETS, argue that the lower mean scores simply reflect inequalities in the educational system--differences in previous training. Executive Vice President Solomon insisted to Brill that the tests "have actually opened doors" to minorities and poor people. "With a national test you can compare the rich and the poor. If you do well, your score will show it, whether...
...they had no knowledge of the political payments, bribes or questionable commission fees disclosed by the subcommittee. It could be that these are disingenuous denials designed to conceal the background role of our own government in such gross misconduct. But I think it is more likely that the disclaimers reflect the traditional attitude of our diplomats that commercial activities abroad of American-owned corporations are simply none of their business. Such an attitude betrays a failure to understand that multinational corporations often are crucial actors in the international political sphere, whose activities may determine and define U.S. national interests...