Word: faceless
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...course of our two-and-a-half hour conversation pedagogical ideals were debated and moral standards called to task. For a brief moment, students’ voices found a direct route to a respectful and seemingly receptive future administrator. For a small segment of the Harvard population, the faceless man who will soon take the helm of the University was humanized...
...faceless chorus. Even exceptions like the comparatively rocking "Freefall...
...more transparent system would help avoid these disputes. The mere fact that the process is so compartmentalized fosters allegations of wrongdoing. Professors who are denied tenure find it easy to point fingers at a faceless, possibly stacked committee; accountability would reduce the acrimony that accompanies the tenure process. With a truly open process, junior faculty would feel that they are getting a legitimate shot to achieve tenure...
...Middle East in terms of a conflict between races pervades the media even more than ordinary discussions. When an American destroyer was bombed in Yemen and two Israeli soldiers were killed in Ramallah several weeks ago, ABC News interspersed images of these two events as if the same faceless mob were behind both of them. No on watching had the sense that Yemen is over a thousand miles from Ramallah over the Arabian desert and that few Palestinians have ever even seen Yemen. (By contrast, British news agencies like the BBC and ITN were very careful to treat these news...
Unfortunately, the slower songs are as faceless and schmaltzy as any of Whalum's previous work. It is performances like Whalum's cover of 'NSync's "God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You" that frustrate jazz fans; all the evidence points toward a talented musician afraid to display any individuality. And, ultimately, it is this lack of individuality which mars Unconditional. Whalum wears each smooth-jazz hat-Grover Washington, Kenny G, David Sanborn-well in their respective turn. However, you can't help but feel that the real Kirk Whalum has yet to be heard. B- -Malik...