Word: sectionalism
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...Last year’s class was nearly devoid of assigned reading. While there were some suggested books, neither section nor lecture spent much time on the topic of criticism; instead, the films themselves were the focus. I certainly heard some grumblings by the more avid film buffs about the courses “gut-ness...
It’s Only a Movie is divided into four main parts, each corresponding to a different section of Hitchcock’s cinematic career. Originally trained as an artist and engineer, Hitchcock began in the movie world writing scripts and designing intertitles for silent movies. He was soon directing, and by 1940 was England’s best known director...
Attempting to have a social life at Harvard is a tricky business. Going out on campus on weekends, the questions always nag. Am I having a good time? Am I having a better time than that geeky kid in my section who never washes his socks? And if I am fun by Harvard standards, does that mean that I would be more fun than, say, an eggplant by the standards of any other school...
...what would be a rapid rise through the still embattled church's hierarchy. By 1967 he was a Cardinal. Mixing aggressiveness with accommodation, Wojtyla managed to build a huge church for 100,000 Catholic citizens in the industrial city of Nova Huta and reach out to a wide cross section of workers, youths and intellectuals. Yet what turned a provincial prince into a rising church star was the churchwide reform of Vatican II. At the Second Vatican Council (1961-65), Wojtyla contributed to several key documents, most notably on the church in the modern world, at one point causing...
...WHICH SECTION OF AN ORCHESTRA IS LIKELY TO HAVE THE MOST EGOMANIACS...