Word: fermenter
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Religious ferment is bound to continue, along with the other changes reshaping the U.S.S.R. But it is uncertain whether the emerging society will be, in the phrase of 19th century writer Nikolai Leskov, "baptized but not enlightened" -- formally religious but narrowly sectarian in outlook. The odds on enlightenment have been lengthened greatly, however, by the ability of the country's deeply spiritual people to embrace and expand their beliefs in public...
...communist rule have obliterated the ethnic passions that made the Balkans a synonym for fractious politics. Now, with the communist world crumbling, new instability may follow the glum quiet of the Pax Sovietica. The peril exists side by side with the opportunity for healthy change, but the current political ferment of Eastern Europe is an inherently volatile mix in which old demons -- belligerent nationalism and demagogic populism -- could win out as easily as liberal democracy...
...consequences of today's political ferment in the American Diaspora are profound. Both the Bush Administration and members of Congress are increasingly willing to pressure Israel to move the peace process forward. AIPAC is the object of surprising dissent within the Jewish community and deepening resentment on Capitol Hill. Moreover, evidence abounds that all but a few of the 38 Jewish members of Congress (eight Senators, 30 Representatives) favor a compromise in which Israel would exchange territory for peace along the lines suggested by the Reagan and Bush administrations -- despite their unwillingness to say so publicly...
When I graduated in 1968, dope and gangs were already invading our campus, which is tucked into the far northeastern corner of the San Fernando Valley. Black and Latino students were in ferment over civil rights, and there were ugly clashes with white students and teachers. Black pupils rioted for several days to protest the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. Only a full-scale police occupation of the campus restored order. Today nine security guards, two of whom carry pistols, keep violent confrontations and drug use on the premises to a minimum...
...There is a ferment at MIT for change," said Leigh H. Royden, a member of the Faculty Search committee. "We need someone who can bring MIT into the next century, make breaks with the past and take some kinds of risks...