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Edgar spares us the spectacle of a make-believe Lamour, it's studded with other vignettes and dubious representations of historical figures: a charm-free Ginger Rogers, a blank-slate Charles Lindbergh, a cloddish Robert F. Kennedy and an appallingly crude approximation of Richard Nixon.

'J. Edgar': Hoover's Life, in a Dramatic Vacuum Joe Morgenstern 2011

Why in the world is it good politics to offer the conservative-looking blank-slate candidate first, when she would so obviously be a natural choice as the best candidate for a foreseeably more closely contested process down the road.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Preliminary Reflections on the Kagan Nomination 2010

If the shift ... to sequencing studies finds evidence of such politically awkward and morally perplexing facts, we can expect the usual range of ideological reactions, including nationalistic retro-racism from conservatives and outraged denial from blank-slate liberals.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Some Scientists’ Openness to the Possibility of Genetic Differences in Mental Traits Among Racial and Ethnic Groups 2010

T he gallery's clean white lines evoked a blank-slate effect that seemed appropriate for both the brand and the designer.

Imagining the Brioni Woman Christina Binkley 2010

And the story it self is a fast-paced crime spree featuring one of those blank-slate protagonists who manage to be interesting in spite of themselves.

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Not yet quite as large as Xilinx, Altera has better than doubled revenues coming off the March 2009 industry bottom, displaying nearly twice the former's growth rate as it was first to 40nm but, more importantly, crafted communications and memory interfaces inside its once blank-slate offerings that are enabling share gains in fast-growing 4G wireless and optical-based wired networks.

Smartphones, Tablets Put A Bid Under Intel, T.I., Linear Tech, Analog Devices Rick Whittington 2010

He emphasized hands on learning and opposed blank-slate and empty-bucket methods in teaching.

Jenifer Fox: Education, What are we Talking About? Jenifer Fox 2010

The goal was to funnel money to preferred candidates, but you'd never know it from their vague, blank-slate names like "Patriot Majority PAC" and "New Prosperity Foundation".

Linda Keenan: Shadow Elite : Election 2010 -- Attack of the Stealth Financeers Linda Keenan 2010

He emphasized hands on learning and opposed blank-slate and empty-bucket methods in teaching.

Jenifer Fox: Education, What are we Talking About? Jenifer Fox 2010

And the story it self is a fast-paced crime spree featuring one of those blank-slate protagonists who manage to be interesting in spite of themselves.

License Request Day: Bambi and Her Pink Gun 2009