Word: insights
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...volume edition of the poetry of Edward Arlington Robinson contains many of the longer narrative poems which have not previously appeared in a collected edition. One of the greatest of contemporary American poets, Robinson possessed a keen insight and appreciation of the human mind. His understanding of the spirit and fortitude of early American pioneers will serve as documentary evidence to future historians. His powers, of characterization, which appear at their greatest development in the narrative poems, the richness and resonance of all his verse, have caused him to be acclaimed by all literary critics...
...force in the form of an efficient group of Yard Cops, who are thoroughly prepared to handle the student demonstrations that take place in the Spring. Monday night's fiasco was not unruly, no property was damaged, and no heads were cracked, until the promotion-anxious policemen, lacking any insight of student psychology, decided to use the same methods that are used on strike-breaking thugs and lynching mobs...
lines. Read that report: "Effective [banking] support cannot be obtained merely for a particular occasion. It can only be the result of intimate co-operation over years during which the financial interests get an insight into the problems and requirements of the industry in question and the industrial interests learn the value of the support which financial interests can give." As to Commissioner Douglas' proposal for more competitive bidding for certain new issues, Banker Hall cited the Interstate Commerce Commission, which after long study concluded that except on equipment bonds-a highly-standardized type of security-the railroads could...
...Another insight into Persian painting may be gained from a portrait signed by the artist Aga Riza. This is dated about two and a half centuries later, from the end of the sixteenth century. Now there is no epic tale but a contemporary person, not an anonymous craftsman but a celebrated artist. Now it is studied delicacy of drawing, conscious rhythm of inner and outer line, but there is still the Persian abstraction. The body is without weight, a mere pattern of pleasing shapes of color, the pose is without stability...
...usual lines of academic instruction by discussing such topics as public opinion, electoral procedure and formal party organization, but should endeavor to acquaint the student with the actual political situations which he is likely to encounter during his later career. It should aim to give him a clear insight into the workings of the politician's mind as well as an acquaintance with the politician's technique...