Word: vision
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...editorial "In Defense of Liberal Education," (Sep. 16) Daniel Choi '94 declares that the goal of a "liberal education" ought to be a healthy vision of "truth and goodness." He suggests that we can achieve such vision by limiting our studies to classical and time-tested philosophy, literature, art and music. To give Choi credit, there may indeed be great value to intense study of Greek philosophers. But this is certainly not "the only true road to wisdom," as he claims. Intense study of any number of religious texts may also be formative of healthy character; and perhaps the truest...
...Some of their ideas--like David Ellwood's two-year limit on AFDC benefits--can get co-opted out of context, while their overall vision--like Ellwood's desire to support work and parenting and 'make work pay'--can get ignored," she continued...
...mobility. Nationwide, more than a million cataract procedures are performed each year to correct clouding in the lens of the eye. Until 20 years ago, the main treatment was the removal of the patient's lens and its replacement with a thick pair of cataract glasses to correct his vision. Now ophthalmologists are able to implant a new, artificial lens behind the iris, a procedure that has become so routine that it is usually done on an outpatient basis...
...that the same electorate that had scorned George Bush four years ago for the lack of a vision thing did not seem to mind that the man they chose over him was organizing his office around staplers and postage stamps. But a lot had happened since 1992: the Republicans in Congress showed a nasty streak about Medicare and Medicaid that most people wanted no part of; Gingrich had ceased to be amusing as Newt the Menace, and was now seen as the Bad Seed; and the voters, who had not encountered a vision since Ronald Reagan, did not think...
...spin language, they call it vision. In the annals of Seventh Avenue, it's known as persistence. Tommy Hilfiger, 45, began in the apparel business peddling jeans, mostly around New York State. In 1984, with backing from Hong Kong tycoon Mohan Murjani, he set up his own shop. Hilfiger led with his chin, with ads in which he compared himself to Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein. The industry laughed--here was a tyro pushing rip-off designs and affecting to be an immortal. But Hilfiger was dogged. He came to recognize the flair in black street style, recombined it with...