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The most telling criticism, however, came perhaps from within the Group's own ranks, when on the eve of war Keynes gave a " nostalgic and disillusioned account of the pure sweet air of G. E. Moore, that belief in undisturbed individualism, that Utopianism based on a belief in human reasonableness and decency, that refusal to accept the idea of civilisation as ' a thin and precarious crust ' ... Keynes's fond, elegiac repudiation of his " early beliefs ", in the light of current affairs (" We completely misunderstood human nature, including our own ")".
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In fact it has caused us to give serious thought to moving our residence south, because it is not easy for the most objective Southerner to sit calmly by when his host is telling a roomful of people that the only way to deal with Southerners who oppose integration is to send in troops and shoot the bastards down.
In a general way, psychiatrists were able to establish on a wide basis what many of them had always felt -- that the most telling cues in psychotherapy are acoustic, that such things as stress and nagging are transmitted by sound alone and not necessarily by words.
The most familiar literary telling explaining Daedalus ' wings is a late one, that of Ovid: in his Metamorphoses ( VIII: 183-235 ) Daedalus was shut up in a tower to prevent his knowledge of his Labyrinth from spreading to the public.
Of the many films telling of Fantozzi's misadventures, the most notable were Fantozzi and Il secondo tragico Fantozzi.
But I believe the modern writer who has influenced me most is Somerset Maugham, whom I admire immensely for his power of telling a story straightforwardly and without frills.
For much of the 20th century most scholars agreed that the five books of the Pentateuch — Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy — came from four sources, the Yahwist, the Elohist, the Deuteronomist and the Priestly source, each telling the same basic story, and joined together by various editors.
The most telling passage reads: " We have an example of these things ( that act on the senses ) in sound and fire of that children's toy which is made in many parts of the world ; i. e. a device no bigger than one's thumb.
One of the most widespread is the international organization Theatresports, which was founded by Keith Johnstone, an English director who wrote what many consider to be the seminal work on the relationship between status, story telling and improvisational acting, Impro.
The most telling stat of all though for the Wizards was their record at home, which was the worst in the league.
“ In one of the most telling complaints, a majority ( 54 %) of Americans believe the news media gets in the way of society solving its problems ,” Pew reported.
She sums up her relationship with Victor in this episode by telling Ben ( her admirer ) " Victor's the most sensitive person I know-and that's why I love him.
" The most recent academic work, Punch & Judy: History, Tradition and Meaning by Robert Leach ( 1985 ), makes it clear that " the story is a conceptual entity, not a set text: the means of telling it, therefore, are always variable.
Archie Campbell of the television show Hee Haw was also well known for telling twisted tales, the most famous of which being the story of " RinderCella ".
Although the breed did not apparently experience any significant change in the 18th and 19th centuries, and was kept in its vocation as a swift hunting dog, maybe the most telling proverb which mentions the Galgo, is the one dating from the first years of the nineteenth Century:
According to James, " The most telling evidence is that everybody in ' Tunnel ' expects Rod to end up with Caroline, who is explicitly described as black.
The most telling Etruscan feature is the word populus, which appears as an Etruscan deity, Fufluns.
The exhibit design process builds on the interpretive plan for an exhibit, determining the most effective, engaging and appropriate methods of communicating a message or telling a story.
Producer Irving G. Thalberg was nevertheless enthusiastic about working with the actor, telling journalist Louella Parsons: " Spencer Tracy will become one of MGM's most valuable stars.
Hals displayed tremendous daring, great courage and virtuosity, and had a great capacity to pull back his hands from the canvas, or panel, at the moment of the most telling statement.
Accordingly, while most depositions are not videotaped, opposing counsel may use the opportunity to get an impression of the witness's affect and appearance, because these are telling factors as to how that person will present in front of a jury.
Ahead of his time, the most famous French agronomist, well known for his red-pullover, surprised French people by showing on TV an apple and a glass of water, telling them how precious these resources were, and predicting the future price of oil.
The longest and most important of these is the " Mzeno " which will include a song telling of an issue of local importance or even making fun of a prominent figure in the community.
Most of the sketches would begin with Barth giving the kids their orders, the kids hesitant on eating their food, Barth telling them what he used as burger meat ( most of the time he would say gross things like rodents, poison, etc.
Yet, it is perhaps most telling that Seth's cultus persisted with astonishing potency even into the latter days of ancient Egyptian religion, in outlying ( but important ) places like Kharga, Dakhlah, Deir el-Hagar, Mut, Kellis, etc.
most and criticism
In light of the scholarly reappraisals engendered by the higher criticism this is a most remarkable statement, particularly coming from one who was well known for his antifundamentalist views.
most of the rest is medieval or humanist or part of an old tradition of social criticism.
The most common criticism of HH Price's afterlife hypothesis has come from the religious community as his suggestions are not consistent with traditional Christian teaching, nor the teachings of any other monotheistic religion.
Likely the most extreme criticism of the practice was given by Sun sports columnist John Steadman suggested that Baltimore forfeit any game where a fan shouts " O!
The most obvious criticism is the near identical nature of " political tutelage " and " constitutional democracy " which consisted of one party rule until the 1990s.
In later years, Hubbard decided that the psychiatric profession was the origin of all of the criticism of Dianetics, as he believed it secretly controlled most of the world's governments.
In late 1989 and early 1990, Mobutu was weakened by a series of domestic protests, by heightened international criticism of his regime's human rights practices, by a faltering economy, and by government corruption, most notably his massive embezzlement of government funds for personal use.
The most fundamental scientific criticism of the DSM concerns the validity and reliability of its diagnoses.
His style came under the most serious criticism for being static, rigid, and uniform throughout all his work.
" Allen took the financial loss and the criticism in stride, observing that most of the critics were clergymen, whose livelihood he was attacking.
The public debates in which Singer has received most criticism have been about second-hand smoke and global warming.
" However, most of the criticism is of the lack of actual special effects work, as most of it consists of stock footage from previous films, including Godzilla vs. Gigan and Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, and a few pieces of effects work has garnered praise, specifically a scene where Megalon breaks through a dam and the draining of the lake.
Conversely on occasions he attracted criticism for dogmatically pursuing schemes favoured by the right of his party, notably the privatisation of British Rail, and for closing down most of the coal industry in advance of privatisation.
While before the advent of literary criticism most scholars considered the Testimonium entirely authentic, thereafter the number of supporters of full authenticity declined.
Probably the most famous and biting criticism came from Saul Lieberman.
The Platform attracted strong criticism from many sectors on the anarchist movement of the time including some of the most influential anarchists such as Voline, Errico Malatesta, Luigi Fabbri, Camillo Berneri, Max Nettlau, Alexander Berkman, Emma Goldman and Gregori Maximoff.
* the proper relationship between philosophical criticism and everyday life ( a pervasive theme explored most famously in the Republic )
The most common is the pupil's concert, which gives experience in playing in public and under a certain degree of pressure, without outright criticism or a more or less arbitrary marking system.
One of the most important early works dedicated to criticism of Machiavelli, especially The Prince, was that of the Huguenot, Innocent Gentillet, whose work commonly referred to as Discourse against Machiavelli or Anti Machiavel was published in Geneva in 1576.
However, none of this research and criticism was originally known to most of the English-language commentators, by function of the dates when they were writing and, to some extent, of the language in which it was written.
As the U. S. government remains the most active proponent of the " rogue state " expression, the term has received much criticism from those who disagree with U. S. foreign policy.
Up until the emergence of Pop Art, Surrealism can be seen to have been the single most important influence on the sudden growth in American arts, and even in Pop, some of the humor manifested in Surrealism can be found, often turned to a cultural criticism.
Another criticism of the software library was that most titles consisted of " shovelware ", in which a developer takes an existing title and adds minor new content ( usually a CD audio soundtrack, or video sequences ) while not expanding the original game itself.
Perhaps the most important criticism of this view is that, even granting its success against the argument from evil, it does nothing to undermine an ' argument from the absence of goodness ' which may be pushed instead, and so the response is only superficially successful.
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