Word: explainers
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...explain the problem to freshmen and ask them to switch assignments voluntarily...
Bakshian spent two months writing. Late at night, a glass of port in one hand and his brain in the other, Bakshian looked out over the Potomac and composed his first book. The publisher asked him, he explains, to go out on a limb, to write a book handicapping the chances of the candidates in search of the Republican and Democratic presidential nominations. Bakshian sees his book as something that may educate the electorate and "help us explain how these people get into office." He stops to preach. "If people are that goddamned concerned, then they...
Other critics charge that the government's aim is to neutralize the West Bank, politically and militarily, by turning its major Arab population centers into "little Bantustans" surrounded by Jewish settlements. One angry Jerusalem-based human rights activist was pressed to explain how Jews, with their long history as victims of oppression, could justify such treatment of their neighbors. In answer, he quoted a line of W.H. Auden's: "I and the public know what all school children learn; those to whom evil is done do evil in return...
...know how to explain it," Fitzsimmons said. "We think that maybe because women have to go through more barriers to get to the applicant pool, they are slightly better qualified. There are still many families and guidance counselors who will not encourage women to apply," he added...
...Persephone, is simply too placid. She may be the anchor in a stormy household, the practical support for two restless dreamers, but nonetheless (indeed, as a result of this) her frustration should be evident in subconscious glimpses early on and flashes of anger later. When she tries to explain to Linda why she married George--Persephone's most touching speech--Brown fails to communicate the depth of this woman's love and the strength of her character. (In all fairness, it must be stated that Brown took over the role only two weeks before the opening, so her performance...