Word: insight
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...seriously as adolescents do. Director Benjamin has found some picturesque locations, so his picture looks nice; the period details are no more than usually selfconscious, and the actors are all agreeable. But the film's soft false nostalgia is no substitute for liveliness of spirit and freshness of insight...
Still, Traveler in the Dark has emotional power, an insight into men that matches Norman's previously demonstrated understanding of women, and a hearteningly grand ambition. The play seeks to debate science and faith, love and self-knowledge, the rage to grow and the resistance to change. Norman writes candidly and capably about God, reason and honor. And those topics do count for more than cocoa and marshmallows. - By William A. Henry...
...Dixon, Ill., the old neighborhood at the top of the hill on Hennepin Avenue tidied up to welcome the rest of the world. People will come from across oceans and states, in campers and Cadillacs, peering in the dark corners of Reagan's restored boyhood home for insight into what makes a President...
...evaders, who avoid paying taxes, or tax delinquents, who build up tax debts even though the state knows their identity--are now permanently on the state's rollbook. The amnesty is also valuable to the state as a barometer of its enforcement techniques, says Jackson. "We got a unique insight into the world of tax evaders and delinquents," he explains...
...course offered and the diverse student body at the College as a primary motivation Jay A. Mednikow '86 says. "I wanted to be able to get liberal arts education in a college with a varied student population. I wanted to study English with English majors who could bring more insight to the subject at hand than could an engineer...