Word: context
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...flag, let's rejoice in all that's best in our country. We know America has its faults. But there are good things about America. It has not gone to the dogs. Let's be happy on our birthday." Still, the event occurred in the context of deep national division over those faults. There were those who felt that an issue-free day of national togetherness and praise for the flag was only a ritualistic diversion from a more meaningful way of expressing love and respect of country...
...inopportune cash shortage caused by too optimistic overexpansion. He assured stockholders that-by "reformulation, restructuring and streamlining"-new management would cut I.O.S.'s inflated operating expenses by 50% by the end of the year. He also maintained that I.O.S. had not done badly at all in the context of the entire mutual fund industry. "I should point out," said Wyndham White, "that from November 1968 to the end of May 1970 the drop in the total assets of U.S. mutual funds was 28%, while the decline for I.O.S. was only...
...lack of identity. Robinson is black, and the idea of a black Vladimir is stunning and certainly feasible. However, it is mind-boggling that Estragon's speech describing Vladimir's world view as "black" clicits from Robinson a clenched, upraised fist. Moreover, such a gesture is tasteless in context...
Michael Same, Myra's director and coauthor, deserves special discredit for the repulsive dildo rape scene and the obscene device of interspersing the film with clips from movies of favorite old stars. Thus, in the context of Myra, Laurel and Hardy are made to look like fags. Even more outrageous is the use of Marilyn Monroe sequences during the rape. Only one clip educed any illuminating commentary about Myra. A tough old top sergeant from some obscure war movie growls, "That's what I call disgusting." Precisely...
...division is not easy to label. It is certainly not between Republicans and Democrats, nor necessarily between conservatives and liberals. It is most nearly between verkrampte and verligte. Obviously, these terms originate in a totally different context. Obviously, it would be utterly false to present the conflict in America today as a contest between the children of light and the children of darkness. But within every state, within every community-and within many individuals-there is a conflict between impulses: merely to condemn or somehow to understand, merely to shut out change or somehow to move with...