Word: context
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...avoid this argument by arguing that the cause of the Confederacy would not be honored by the memorial. Robert Shapiro, the committee head, claimed that the proposed memorial would only honor "individuals as Harvard students." But it is impossible to divorce the Confederate war dead from the context of their struggle...
After completing his studies at Oxford, Pirouz says he plans to return to Canada and work in a diplomatic context, possibly dealing with international organizations, he said...
...title of the film makes more sense in the context of the passage to which it alludes. The quote, from the Ingmar Bergman film "Fanny and Alexander" begins, "The world is a den of thieves and night is falling," and concludes. "Therefore it is necessary, and not in the least shameful, to take pleasures in the little world, good food, gentle smiles, fruit trees in bloom and waltzes." As Camille struggles to choose between her puritanical morality and the fulfillment of her desires, we sense that she has these words in mind...
...someone who was on the PBHA Board of Directors when the College first announced restructuring public service, I read this statement as a euphemism for cutting back public service. We should remember that the context of this restructuring is within the larger Maull-Lewis Report, which had as its mandate eliminating the Faculty of Arts and Sciences' budget deficit. This very same document had recommended cutting employee benefits. Clearly, these goals run in opposition to Lewis's intention to promote" public service...
...resolution, which several speakers cited as particularly important in the context of the recent mid-morning rape of a student on Memorial Drive, was uncontested and applauded by the council after its unanimous passage...