To both persons and ideas he brought the same delighted interest, the same open-minded relish for what was unique in each, the same discriminating sensibility and quicksilver intelligence, the same gallantry of judgment.

Nothing was considered more holy than the covenant of marriage, and to portray it in such a way was completely unacceptable ; however, a few more open-minded critics such as the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw found Ibsen's willingness to examine society without prejudice exhilarating.

Anthony's father Daniel was a cotton manufacturer and abolitionist, a stern but open-minded man who was born into the Quaker religion.

The shallow cheerleader of the original film had grown more mature and open-minded, identifying with social outcasts such as Willow and Xander, and instead, the character of Cordelia was created to embody what Buffy once was.

In the view of UNESCO, " Zamość is a unique example of a Renaissance town in Central Europe, consistently designed and built in accordance with the Italian theories of the " ideal town ," on the basis of a plan which was the result of perfect cooperation between the open-minded founder, Jan Zamoyski, and the outstanding architect, Bernardo Morando.

He was an overwhelming personality but open-minded and liberal.

Geller reports that Pell was one of the most " forward-looking " and " open-minded people " he had ever met who was very interested in using psychic powers for peaceful means.

Meier, on the other hand, found that Commager, although at first woefully unaware of black history, was open-minded on the subject and willing to learn and change.

Contrasting his strained relationship with Milbury in New York, Canucks head coach Mike Keenan has recalled his experience with Bertuzzi upon his arrival as positive: " He came as a young player and he was very open-minded about learning about the game.

Harlib was very open-minded, and often tested the ideas and theories of his correspondents.

In his “ Speech to the U. S. Senate ”, Red Jacket was respectful and open-minded, though skeptical, regarding his visitors ’ beliefs, hoping that his audience would respond similarly.

In November 2011, SPL chief executive Neil Doncaster said that he was open-minded about the issue and would like to see it explored further.

As San Francisco was settled the ratio of men to women remained disproportionately high, resulting in the growth of a culture that was more open-minded towards homosexuality.

Faye was often known for being soft spoken and despite her heavy Baptist religious beliefs, very open-minded and non-judgmental.

Canadian society in particular, as the author points out, was starting to shed its strait-laced conservative nature and had begun to adopt more liberal and open-minded viewpoints, confronting such issues as divorce, abortion, homosexuality and the questioning of authority ( or the " establishment ", as per the lexicon of the times ).

He was open-minded, easy to work with, and quite supportive of what were then new approaches to Fluxus.

In stark contrast to the belligerent, callous, mean-spirited, selfish Frank, Larry Linville himself has often been described by the show's other cast members as a kind, friendly man who was very open-minded and courteous to those around him.

In the 1590s he was active in Prague, at the famously open-minded court of Rudolf II.

*# The second basic thesis is that intellectual freedom is essential to human society — freedom to obtain and distribute information, freedom for open-minded and unfearing debate and freedom from pressure by officialdom and prejudices.

Typically, they see this as insured by remaining open-minded, practical and busy ; as potentially threatened by becoming overly-ideological, fanatically reductionistic or lazy.

In August 2012, the Boss's daughter appeared, a late teenager disparaged by her father for wanting to study visual and performing arts and clearly smarter and more open-minded than him.

Bruce is an open-minded spiritual junkie as a result of a religious upbringing by his pastor father.

" I count myself to be very fortunate ," says Mills, " in having been brought up by people who are very open-minded and who are genuinely in love with the arts.

Perhaps inspired by his own lonely childhood, he and Nelson collaborated on educational, open-minded children's music.

This phrase is named after the new General Secretary Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao, who are considered the 4th generation Chinese leaders and are viewed as, at least ostensibly, more reform-oriented and more open-minded and have been praised by political observers.

This book is a collection of cultured, witty, open-minded letters, sent by De Brosses to his friends in Dijon during his travels in Italy of 1739-1740.

Well, one would think that Hollywood would be more open-minded at this point, since essentially the whole town is run by the gay community.

Cutler Fairchild credits the open-minded attitude of the men in the library movement for contributing to the lack of self-consciousness displayed by women in association meetings by taking what women said or wrote at its actual value.

After the publication of his book on the Rig Veda ( 2000 ), Talageri was proposed ( by Witzel ) ( email on 17 June 2000 ) to do advanced study or a Ph. D. at Harvard, " provided he is open-minded and flexible in his views, and does not show himself to be intransigent or predisposed to certain ideas ".

The city of Rhodes was formed by the cities of Ialyssos, Kamiros and Lindos in 408 BC, and prospered for three centuries during its Golden Age, when sea trade, skilled shipbuilders, and open-minded politicians of the city kept it prosperous until Roman times.

For me it was simply pure open-minded excitement.

He is relatively egocentric, irrational, resistant to change, and temperamental, although open-minded enough to listen when told he is wrong.

In 1993 U. S. News & World Report used the word in its original meaning with reference to a debate about new words being used in the game of Scrabble ; " Honorificabilitudinity and the requirements of Scrabble fans dictated that the New Shorter English Dictionary's makers be open-minded enough to include dweeb ( a boringly conventional person ), droob ( an unprepossessing or contemptible person, esp.

In interwar Poland, Jewish, German and Ukrainian parties never attracted all Polish Jews, Germans and Ukrainians of whom some were members of ' national ' ideological Polish parties, mostly the Socialist and Communist parties, who were considered more open-minded than the conservative or nationalist parties.

And one must marvel at the open-minded examination of controversial and critical topics that took place right in the political heart of Athenian society, allowing a courageous self-examination of the first democracy trying to develop and refine itself further

Heuvelmans argued that cryptozoology should be undertaken with scientific rigor, but with an open-minded, interdisciplinary approach.

Several old apparatchiks lost their seats to more open-minded officials during the Gorbachev era.

The " Rozbrat " squat serves as a home for squatters and as a centre of independent and open-minded culture.

It keeps the players open-minded and more creative in a sense.

The ICUU tends to contain a majority membership who express specifically Unitarian Christian beliefs, rather than the religious pluralism of the UUA, but nevertheless remain liberal, open-minded and inclusive communities.

In his musical professionalism and open-minded attitude to existing styles he held the mindset of an 18th century composing performer such as Handel or Mozart, who were anxious to assimilate all national " flavors " of their day into their own compositions, and who always wrote with both first-hand performing experience and a sense of direct social relationship with their audiences.

:“ The Skeptic ’ s Dictionary is aimed at four distinct audiences: the open-minded seeker, who makes no commitment to or disavowal of occult claims ; the soft skeptic, who is more prone to doubt than to believe ; the hardened skeptic, who has strong disbelief about all things occult ; and the believing doubter, who is prone to believe but has some doubts.

The German historian Elena Palmer goes even further, portraying Peter III as a cultured, open-minded emperor who tried to introduce various courageous, even democratic reforms in the 18th century ’ s Russia.

Metaphorically, at a later date her name could be construed as the intelligent or open-minded, analogous to glaukopis () attributed to Athena.

Louis XV had an inquisitive and open-minded nature.

Hollander details in the book her life as a liberal and open-minded girl.

With Wilson's 1918 proclamation of the Fourteen Points, whose fifth point proclaimed: " A free, open-minded, and absolutely impartial adjustment of all colonial claims, based upon a strict observance of the principle that in determining all such questions of sovereignty the interests of the populations concerned must have equal weight with the equitable claims of the government whose title is to be determined ", some Algerian intellectuals — dubbed oulémas began to nurture the desire for independence or, at least, autonomy and self-rule.

As an intellectually open-minded woman for her day, Adams ' ideas on women's rights and government would eventually play a major role, albeit indirectly, in the founding of the United States.

The tourism, the old traditions of trade in this harbour town, and the international schools in the area probably explain why most people in this small town are open-minded and friendly towards foreigners.

Possessing profound scientific intuition and open-minded rigour, he usually ended up challenging the cherished assumptions of others and, to the discomfiture of the scientific establishment, often found them wanting.

In the book's conclusion Brutha becomes the Eighth Prophet, ending the Quisition and reforming the church to be more open-minded and humanist.

He hails from Texas and while his mother is relaxed and open-minded, his father is a card-carrying member of the John Birch Society.