Word: skillful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...engaged imagination, the sense of a transforming mind at work, that one gets in, say, Miro's wild versions of a 17th century Dutch interior, down the road at the Museum of Modern Art. Lichtenstein's are clever and highly worked, but while acknowledging their wit and skill, you would rather be looking at the real origins of these pastiches. Civilized irony is a grace and an asset, but it doesn't need to be pumped up to the size of the Sistine ceiling. In this later work, one sees the triumph of industry over inspiration. "What do you know...
...Oakland fire killed 25 people. Through skill and luck, this outbreak was different. Police in Laguna Beach avoided traffic jams through a "cascading" system of evacuation in stages, and made sure to route people down the safest roads, rather than the shortest ones. The communities threatened this time were smaller than Oakland, the logistics easier. Thus by the end of the week, although the fires had made 25,000 Californians homeless and injured 84, they seemed not to have claimed a single life. "By God," sighs Laguna Beach Police Captain Bill Cavenaugh, "we didn't lose anybody...
...army but carried out by Francois's men -- without his prior knowledge. Some Haitians see in this an army attempt to reduce Francois's power. A military officer who watches Francois closely says Haiti's top cop has woven his own power structure and manages it with considerable skill. Whether in league with Cedras or not, Francois plainly intends to stay at the helm. "The military controls Haiti," he asserted recently, "and it always will." As yet, there is little reason to believe that will change anytime soon...
Lying--or, more accurately, accusing the other side of lies, half-truths, distortion, etc.--is a critical rhetorical skill for any student. We're all skeptical of absolute truth, but that doesn't prevent anyone from asserting the correctness of his or her views (and the error in others'). Student journalists, for example, call for openness and honesty among administrators, faculty and other students. We think we're right in doing so. The administration, on the other hand, often sees The Crimson and other publications as vehicles for the distortion of their views. As a result, openness (when it comes...
...struck by this letter from the University's president, exhorting us to actively pursue our writing during our undergraduate years. At Harvard, writing was to be more than a mere device of the humanities--it was its own discipline. It would be a skill ingrained in us through the Expository Writing Program, and honed through four years of essay compositions. Yet obtaining adequate writing instruction in the College turned out to be a challenge...