Word: vision
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lost its mandate, its vision, and numerous editors," wrote Richard Blow in last December's issue of The Washington Monthly. "It has become smug and cynical--the embodiment of much that is wrong with political journalism today...
Benzan, who went to high school in Cambridge and recently graduated from Howard University in Washington, D.C., said his "vision" of the community made him the strongest candidate on the party slate...
...quibble with Weir's editing; the movie cops out on greatness with a few truckling reaction shots at the climax. And one can question Niccol's vision of the future of TV: not 500 channels nattering to niche markets but one big show binding the world in the bogus bliss of pink-cheeked Americana. And the idea of a program uninterrupted by commercials (Christof makes his money from product placement and ancillary markets) is nearly as naive as Truman. The show is also pretty tame. Unlike most daytime-drama characters, Truman is a faithful husband who has no evil twin...
...show business; he will talk about "the core of human existence." Recalling the show's origins, he will say, "I wanted to do a project that dealt in a deeper way with human behavior...I wanted to be more deeply challenged as an artist." He will mention his "steadfast vision" for the show--that it would be a "constant exploration of the characters." Who would guess Shandling was talking about a series whose classic lines include "Sex isn't dirty. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults...
...editors of the New Republic, the famously vociferous magazine of Washington opinion, like to think of themselves as a gimlet-eyed bunch. But when it came to reporter Stephen Glass, their vision was blurred. They regarded Glass, an eager and soft-spoken young man of 25, as a rare talent, able to land the kind of juicy fly-on-the-wall stories that make editors light up. "Steve was someone who could get into rooms other reporters couldn't get into, and come away with quotes and anecdotes the others couldn't get," says Glass's mentor, former New Republic...