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Those participating in the debate over Ignatiev's appointment draw a Jekyll and Hyde character sketch. His supporters describe him as an active, thoughtful tutor and accuse the Liems of thought control. Other students portray Ignatiev as a destructive force Dunster would be better without...
...three, is impossibly wise. Margaret, from Memphis, is more than disorderly and is locked up regularly. But she is also "a glamour girl and old-style Southern belle." When the vignettes threaten to stretch credibility, Lemann unerringly interweaves a little writing just for its own sake, perhaps a nature sketch about "the rustling of the leaves, the waning light on the bay . . . the swans on the green lagoon. The drama of the twilight." Such is the light in her book...
...writer remembers the model search posters well. There was a "tall, slim, decidedly caucasian-looking female," which she believed typified "western standards of beauty." The logo was a simple sketch of a generic women in a dress. She didn't even have distinct facial features, which just goes to show what you see when you are so obviously looking for something more...
...most interested in the farmers. What was it like to raise wheat in the Midwest, alone in the field, with four years at a private university back East buried deep in the past? We aren't sure, because there is only one line in the sketch of Charles Beardsley, a farmer from Clarks, Nebraska...
Just when one has absorbed his wonderful ability to create a live image with "Notebook 2, Drawing 25," one encounters another sketch of his which contradicts everything that he accomplished in the prior sketch. His forms are angular and two-dimensional in "Notebook 3, Drawing 10." Moore's versatility is evident, and thus, rather than define his style, it is more sensible to simply acknowledge his multiple artistic skills...