Word: lessers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
This is why buck passing among equals is a lesser form of the art. After Pearl Harbor, Admiral Kimmel, commander of the U.S. Fleet, and Major General Short, commander of the Army's Hawaiian department, had a field day blaming each other and Washington for unpreparedness, but since all were culpable, there was no real art in the show. The same fandango is going on in Spain these days, with the generals on trial for treason frantic to pin last year's failed coup on each other. The buck may also be passed to superiors, as Nuremburg made...
...individual recommendations" written by members of the Faculty of Medicine ("Letters of Reference," 22 February.) Some will wonder, however, at your failure to mention the problem within the College. No Crimson editor, of course, would solicit or accept a letter of reference that was other than ruthlessly candid. Lesser undergrads and their mentors, however, have been known to connive at contriving letters that lout the student in "the most positive light possible." The "moral dishonestly" you so properly condemn begin close to home, and some small acknowledgement of that fact would lend grace to you righteousness. E. L. Pattullo Director...
...having a passionate loneness for Pac Man Just consider for a moment the cosmic significance of propelling a disembodied mouth through a maze in search of sustenance, the primal terror of being pursued by monsters through empty, winding tunnels. Consider the psychological implications of the game like its innumerable lesser relatives, like its venerable ancestor, pinball, Pac-Man providers the clearest example you'll ever see of the theory of positive reinforcement, negative feedback Do something smart and you keep playing Do something dumb and wham' you have to stop. Buy this shiny little booklet-which looks like the manual...
...from the disorder and despair which have resulted from among other things persistent disagreement on ground rules of international ethics between the U.S. and Russia the acceleration of the arms race, the severe fluctuations in international commodity prices, accelerating worldwide inflation combined with staggering recession in many of the lesser developed countries (LDC's) and increasing rural-urban and traditional -modern tensions in the LDC's. This movement, known as the New International Economic Order (NIEO), is crystallizing itself into a consensus among the LDC's, a consensus the fundamental aspiration of which is to change the international economy...
...critical reaction the play has drawn. Sure, the effect on audiences is anything but the slick, lively finish that spells success for so many current musicals; nor does Alfred go in for the angst-packed, Freud-packed soul-searching that makes "serious" drama like Equus or Children of a Lesser God powerful. His tools are different...