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Word: didacticism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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When two candidates are so similar, voters can turn to their respective styles. Gore's eager-beaver, combative-yet-folksy manner contrasted with Bradley's didactic sternness Wednesday night.

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: After Politicians Debate, Spin Doctors Operate | 10/29/1999 | See Source »

Set in a bucolic sculpture park, where modern form becomes the temptation of a jungle gym. Sadly, while "interaction" is encouraged, climbing is forbidden. The museum itself exhibits modern and contemporary American art, mostly by New England artists. The aim and presentation of the DeCordova is didactic, which results in...

Author: By Annie Bourneuf and John Hulsey, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: The Field Guide: Part One of Our Guide to Boston Visual Art | 10/29/1999 | See Source »

Originally the Museum of Germanic Art, the Busch-Reisinger has accumulated over the past century an impressive holding of post-1880 German art with a particular emphasis on German Expressionism. The stark curation and sparing use of didactic wall texts are appropriately austere, boldly offsetting the colorful effusiveness of Gerhard...

Author: By Annie Bourneuf and John Hulsey, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: The Field Guide: Part One of Our Guide to Boston Visual Art | 10/29/1999 | See Source »

Hwang hints at this role reversal in the title with M. for Monsieur in place of Madame. This clever touch is hardly subtle. While he successfully manages to assemble a vast panorama of social and political issues, Hwang sometimes tries so hard to get his point across, he practically beats...

Author: By Anne E. Wyman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Butterfly Morphs Again | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

I begin with the economic argument, though fiscal considerations ought to factor only minimally for two reasons. First, instituting the living wage for 1,000 workers would cost Harvard less than one half of a percent of its annual operating budget of over $1.5 billion. Secondly, and perhaps more importantly...

Author: By Alexander T., NGUYEN | Title: A Thousand Caged Birds | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

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