Word: directing
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Unlike Barrett, a sententious rehash of every Walker Percy hero of the past (in fact, a direct borrowing from The Last Gentleman), Allison is a new creation, and she provides what little direction there is to The Second Coming's rambling. But too often Percy seems to be writing out of habit, letting the alienation and existential ideology flow lazily down the same channels cut by his earlier novels. Some of his metaphors are meaningless, form without substance...
Pearl says she hopes the review "will place the assembly in a position of direct involvement in decision-making." The current problem, she observes, "is that when the assembly passes a resolution, it is in a complete vacuum--no one has to listen. We should be involved in the meetings where decisions are made, not just be stuck reacting to those decisions with resolutions...
...year in the yard seemed to back up the hype. Despite injuries (always a threat to this 5-ft. 8-in., 155 pounder), he electrified crowds and didn't lose a single game. Then came "eligibility problems" as a sophomore and a direct return to "Go" --do not collect varsity experience. Sound familiar...
...originally tried to organize a concentration with a historical-cultural bias. As it worked out, it seemed other options were open to us. We're now looking for a different type of balance, trying to find people trained in one of the conventional social sciences who will help direct undergraduates." In other words, Huggins hopes to strike a balance that will serve a wide range of student interests, including law, business and government on the one hand, and teaching, literature and the humanities on the other. "Which is in no way to suggest a dimunition of either," he stresses...
Gamble runs a wishbone offense, but since Penn threw the ball 159 times from the primaily run-oriented formation, it is heralded as the "Multi-Bone." Quarterback Doug Marzonie will direct the Multi-Bone. He passed for 944 yards (59-136) last year and rushed for 165 yards after embarking on his Penn career as a defensive back...