Word: rigor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...pair of scissors," stitching all this material together. He insisted that a certain innocence and tastefulness had to be maintained, despite the fact that "Dustin is more outrageous, more adventurous, shall we say." The star's willingness to open himself up gives Tootsie its humanity. But the rigor of Pollack's debate with Hoffman may have sharpened the actor's extraordinary performance, shaped his improvs and brought this diffuse enterprise into the clear focus that distinguishes great comedy from the mediocre...
...while the emphasis of the program is on academic rigor, many of the past and present program participates say that work is not the only important aspect of Upward Bound. Indeed, both students and administrations see the program as an important "support system" for uncertain high scholars...
...explored all the possible meanings of his actions, his dreams, and his words. The intellectual rigor of the Jew cannot admit silence. Nor can he accept the silence of a people who have accomplished all their tasks motivated by just words, never by the irrationality of impulse...
...suppressed writings on such innocent topics as the "Poetics of Plot and Genre" in classical Greek literature are gradually being rescued from oblivion by young linguists in the Soviet Union. But until the rescue is complete, Freidenberg, who died in 1955, will be remembered as the tough-minded and rigorous scholar who gave her inspired cousin a 44-year sampling of her critical intelligence. Her rigor melted only once, when she read Doctor Zhivago for the first time. She wrote Pasternak: "This book must be possessed rather than read, as a man does not read a woman but possesses...
...shared by all the experts on whom Schell relies in building his argument. Moreover, many of those who agree with Schell have been making much the same point for a long time. So the thesis is neither indisputable nor original. But Schell makes his case with a combination of rigor, intensity and boldness that is all too rare in expositions of nuclear...