Doling out admonishments like "never admit your opponent is right," Mr. Colbert channeled some of film's great coaches, instructing Mr. Stewart to warm up by chasing a chicken around the studio a la "Rocky II".
Though her family moved around a lot during the Depression, Ms. Hicks and her brother returned each summer to Hastings, where their great-aunts instructed them in music, art and reading, as well as pioneer skills like spinning, sewing and weaving.
"Don't just write what you know," a great editor once instructed me about reporting an emerging story.
"Take me to parties, I am great fun," it instructs, although it also suggests you talk to Gay Bob, as he is very understanding.
Largo is mistaken for the new English teacher at a local school, where he takes on the alias "Great Teacher Largo" and instructs his students in L33t, video games, and about computers.
Bligh, an accomplished draughtsman, had written of Christian and Heywood: "These two had been objects of my particular regard and attention, and I had taken great pains to instruct them".
The incident is an embarassment for US Olympic officials who have spent a great deal of time instructing their athletes to not offend their Brazilian hosts.
Like all great plays, Mother Courage instructs; like all great plays, its instruction flashes forth from a churning, disorienting action.
"Act as if you're a great shooter," she would instruct.
"It would not … be too great a task to instruct your Secretary of State to work up a scenario for ethnic conflicts between now and the year 2000.
