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...that is, let us pause for a moment and, as we contemplate that careful, careful language, hopefully see situations anew, from a different angle. That's so much of what art and poetry offer. I think that he is showing that moments of pause and contemplation in the midst of grand occasion and everyday life are necessary. To have that affirmed by the President-elect has really been an exciting thing for poets...
...Except for China and India, every major national economy in the world now readily admits that it is in the midst of GDP contraction. The resulting slowdown in global trade will certainly affect China seriously, as well, and sooner than most analysts think. A deep recession in China may be only a quarter away...
...That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood," he said, and yet he reminded us how deep it was, not only with war and loss and economic decline, but with doubt and dread and a "nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable and that the next generation must lower its sights...
...areas - a zoo provides one of the few chances to connect with the other species that share our planet. "This is where you go to learn about the natural world," says Calvelli. "We're living museums." It would be a shame to lose any of them, even in the midst of a recession - and, frankly, who wants to be the person to tell a lion it's being laid...
...cultural crisis that overshadows the lives of the poorest children in our most isolated inner city neighborhoods. There are major structural barriers which retard the development of Black inner city communities: joblessness, social isolation, social decay and discrimination. But in addition to all this these communities are in the midst of a kulturekamph of Black-on-Black violence which is a direct result of the political crisis of fatherlessness. At the root of the instability of the Black ghettos is the fact that there is not a functional patrilineal system that governs the communal life by physically maintaining order...