Word: suggestibility
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Duelling is the central event of Barry Lyndon, but is a central metaphor without meaning. It doesn't suggest that life is a contest of individuals, it doesn't suggest that duelling is a ridiculous feudal survival, and it doesn't say anything about Barry's place as a gentleman or what a gentleman is, to name just three possibilities. Any of these could have given flesh to the film's skeletal frame. Does Barry's adherence to rules of duelling make him a gentleman, or does he take advantage of the rules? After his card-sharping experiences...
...will probably not ask the Faculty to create a separate department on women's studies, Hunt said, although she said the student group will suggest that enough departmental courses on women be offered to allow students to design a special studies program...
...Cleveland everyone is blase about snow, and after four years in Massachusetts, I had become inured to it also. Out over Little Italy all I felt was the cold, and I was the first to suggest going back...
...suggest, Tawfiq Zayad's recent election as mayor of Nazareth [Dec. 22] may encourage Israeli Arabs to try to exert political power on a national scale. However, I do not see this as a catastrophe for Israel. In fact, a successful bid for political power by Israel's Arab citizens may prove that Israel's political system works for all her citizens, and that her democratic ideals are honored...
This task force, on the whole, does not provide much with which students, faculty and administrators can work. This lack of substance is unfortunate; it represents a botched opportunity to suggest fresh ideas for the improvement of College life at Harvard...