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...took me by surprise that ambition kept popping up in my graduate school visits. Conversation after conversation suggested that it was important to have a little fire in your belly. It seems that if you are not sufficiently ambitious in graduate school, you are likely to bore yourself stiff. Choosing a topic that is well within your abilities seems like a sure recipe for a boring book. You will end up boring your professors, yourself, your family and even your friends...
...nuts if there's a lot of evidence [against Clinton] and we don't do anything about it," says a G.O.P. aide. "These people are not going to vote Democrat, but these people may not vote. And that's a problem for a lot of members who are facing stiff contests." The G.O.P. strategy now is to take what Starr gives them and then hold a series of so-called informational hearings...
Kohl draws stiff lines early and often between the educational policies he perceives as detrimental or constructive. While his outrage vented toward the policies of the New York Board of Education is reasonable, he has left at least one reader unconvinced of its necessity. For all his good intentions, Kohl tends to crowd educational instructors into anti-and pro-groups, conveniently dichotomized so that all who share his beliefs are members of the latter. Teachers who advocate distance between teacher and student are categorized as the opposition, and classified as uncaring brutes. While Kohl is completely convincing as an ardent...
However, as the album hits the mid-way point, the immaturity of Rebekah's craft quickly starts to show. "Keep It a Secret," with its plea from a hanger-on girlfriend to her ex-boyfriend, jars the senses with its awkward lyrics, stiff music and pitiable subject material. Unfortunately, "Keep it a Secret" is only the seventh track on the album. The rest of the album continues with a series of embarrassing failures. It becomes obvious that Rebekah has either not been at her craft for a very long time or has not yet pursued it with enough vigor...
...silver sausage of a rocketship, flip a few switches, and go all the way to . . . Mardi Gras. Then Venus, with all the usual misadventures and comic contortions along the way. The code term for this is "classic comedy." It's a warning, because it's dated. Soft spots, stiff acting by supporting players, and yet A & C fans (you know who you are) are watching for a reason. The slapping. The double-takes. Watching Costello bounce off the ceiling, and listening to him banter in zero gravity. The way that you know, when somebody bends over, they're going...