Word: slavishness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...parent of a Harvard junior, I am concerned about University President Lawrence H. Summers’ apparent belief that there is too much emphasis on extracurricular activities and not enough slavish devotion to academics (Column, “Debunking 'Camp Harvard',” March...
...good thing that Wolf's Dragnet is not a slavish copy of the original. However fondly Wolf remembers it, the 1950s version doesn't hold up well, with its establishmentarian stiffness embodied by star-producer Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday. (And that's not counting the camp classic late-'60s revival in which Friday chased hippies on acid.) Casting O'Neill (Married... with Children's Al Bundy) as the new Friday may have raised titters, but O'Neill nails the role, with a hard-bitten empathy that Webb could never touch. The show also makes better use of Friday...
...Schor attempts to find a happy medium between materialism and minimalism, filling the gap between thrift stores and Prada boutiques with well-made clothing produced by socially equitable relationships. She acknowledges that “a growing number of young people critique their generation’s slavish devotion to Abercrombie, North Face and Calvin, preferring the thrift shop aesthetic.” But clothing has many aesthetic, social and political dimensions, and Schor emphasizes that apparel shouldn’t be trivialized. “Don’t reject consumption,” she said to the crowd...
...long wanted to withdraw and those who think land is more important than peace. As for the Arab leaders, what might cause them to behave irrationally is their lack of legitimacy--nobody elected them, very few of their subjects respect their competence, and lately many are seen as the slavish stooges...
...Unfortunately, the newspaper man's slavish attention to detail?facts, dates and potted biographies?leaves Gargan little room for introspection and self-analysis. He takes up too much space running down the political histories of the countries along the Mekong, and identifying all the principal players. His diligence makes the reading interesting and informative, but hardly gripping. Every now and again, you wish he'd pause from the narration of facts to tell us more about himself, about how his perspective on Asia has changed with the years?molded by the things he's seen, the stories he's covered...