Word: distorts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...better or worse, however, movies help shape our view of history; those that distort sensitive issues, as this one does, do a disservice that cannot be justified by calling it creative. There is a difference between artistic license and simply license...
...worst mistakes. In my view, one of the principal lessons is that the end, no matter how noble and attractive it may seem, never justifies indiscriminate means. On the contrary, the means that we can choose, in the final analysis, either help us to reach our goal, or distort that goal, or lead us in the wrong direction altogether. For example, it would be disastrous if we began to renew our entire system of social relations by acting like a bull in a china shop...
...transition between dreams and reality," says Hartman. "But I didn't care. I was a deep believer. I thought I was going to participate in a great spiritual renaissance. What I have found instead is that a traumatized psyche has combined with a self- congratulatory ethos to distort the true meaning of the Jewish tradition. Hardly a day passes without my wondering if we will ever progress beyond the ghetto mentality that repudiates dialogue with the best of human thought and culture. Retaining one's sanity and belief in the future is a constant challenge here...
Other things grate as well. At their worst, some of these "cause" groups are totally the creations of direct-mail mills, which invent them for the very purpose of swallowing up most of the revenues in fund-raising costs and generating lists of contributors to sell. Even legitimate groups distort their agendas to emphasize "hot button" issues that will produce a better direct- mail response...
...Soviets. Both nations have networks of sonar buoys guyed to sea floors and connected by cable to onshore listening stations. Both meticulously map the crucial topography of the ocean bottom. Both continually analyze the thermoclines, or pockets of differing underwater temperature, that deflect and distort sound waves...