Word: spiel
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...first sentence is the usual Harvard spiel about how much flexibility everyone has with their schedules (though freshmen in Life Sci, Ec10, and Justice may beg to differ). Granted, it doesn't sound blatantly wrong. But then why would they mention the Core Curriculum to the class of 2013 when they won't be falling under the Core at all...? If the viewbook is bothering to mention the Core, they are going to explain the transition to Gen Ed right about now--right...
...Milk. The film, a masterful exploration of this country’s embarrassing intolerance of homosexuality, is a particularly poignant one in a year in which Proposition 8 passed in California. But, in an apparent attempt to reiterate such artistic profundity, Penn chose not to give the usual Oscar spiel of effusive gratitude. Instead, he urged those who supported the ban on gay marriage to reflect on their decision’s impact...
...technically a beginning class, so I’m trying to get students to use an alternate language to engage with painting. It’s non-observational, so you’re dealing with imagined structures.RR: And everyone was on board with that?DB: I give a big spiel during shopping week, so I tend to draw people who are into that sort of thing. [Rudolf Arnheim Lecturer on Studio Arts] Nancy Mitchnik also teaches a foundational observational painting class.RR: Do you guys have a rivalry? Non-observational versus observational?DB: No, we’re buddies. Sometimes it?...
...could just wax poetic all day,” she gushes, her expressive hands grabbing at the air with excitement. “But I’ll stop now,” she laughs, pausing to catch her breath before launching into another five-minute spiel about the corporal language of dance and what she believes to be its impact on the Cambridge locals...
...Name, hometown, and college!” my boss yelled from the back of the bus. I was up in front, mike in hand, rehearsing my spiel for the 27th time during our week of training preceding the Olympics. I had thought—just this once—that I could slyly avoid dropping the H-Bomb in front of the other 30 college student guides, but there was no getting around it. As if I didn’t get enough shit for being the only Ivy Leaguer working for NBC's Client Hospitality Program...