Word: allows
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...that Hindus find the Biblical concept of God as a vengeful, peeking, bumbling fellow who botched his job so badly that he created man imperfect, then cursed the whole race of man for the same imperfection, and could find no better way out of the dilemma than to allow his "son" to die a tortured death even more absurd...
This dichotomy largely reflected the theatrical arrangements at the two schools. Harvard does not allow academic credit for dramatic work, while Tufts has a major in Theatre Arts. Balch spent a large part of his speech outlining the large-scale dramatic program at Tufts...
Tshombe, scared that the U.S.S.R. may be closer to his borders than he ever suspected, will allow himself to be protected by the U.N. But he may forget that the U.N. cannot protect him forever, whereas the indignant Premier Lumumba is likely to resent his independence even longer than that. The last thing Lumumba wants is to see Katanga's requirements for U.N. entry, absolute assurance of sovereignty, guaranteed. The province, containing a tenth of the Congo's people but almost half its wealth, is much too fruity a peach to be let out of Lumumba's grasp. The longer...
...Madame P. had a baby only a few months old in her arms whom the soldiers struck and threatened to kill if she did not allow herself to be violated. She was violated 20 times. Madame Q., several days after having given birth, still had an open tear in her abdomen held with clips. She was raped by several soldiers. What do you wish, gentlemen, shall I continue...
Often the Marquand hero does not try to break out but to break in. He is the middle-aged American who is fighting, says Alfred Kazin, "not for freedom from convention, as George Apley did, but for conventions-standards of belief and behavior-that will allow him to function as a human being in a world where beliefs are shared.1' He is troubled by the materialist itch of American life, whether he is Charley Gray, the nice poor boy who wants to be a nice rich man but still plays by the rules, or Willis Wayde, who has torn...