Word: though
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Though the ideas Kahane expressed were reprehensible, his skill as a demagogue was impressive. He used his charisma and public speaking flair to play on the crowd's emotions and avoid the moral questions that surrounded his arguments...
...Boston University. When King was enrolled, the school declared, rules for citation were "strict, explicit and explicitly made known to all graduate students." The university has formed a blue-ribbon committee to investigate the alleged infraction. At worst, the school could strip King of his doctorate posthumously. But even though the revelations may tarnish King's reputation, they hardly diminish his - courageous and inspirational accomplishments in helping to achieve racial justice for millions of black Americans...
...were engaged not so much in truth seeking as in attempted murder. Kasparov, who calls Karpov "a creature of darkness," had declared his intent not just to defeat Karpov but to destroy him. Accordingly, Kasparov played the opening games with the confident, reckless belligerence of a young Ali. Karpov, though, was fully Frazier's equal. The result was mayhem rarely seen at that level of play. It was like a title fight with 10 knockdowns by Round 3 or, for the more delicate, like a ballet performed not on a stage but on a trampoline...
While we should question Sneider's ethics, we should not ignore his arguments. Though they contain statements about the rally that are disputed by the New York Times and by people who did not attend, his arguments deserve a response...
...with her four times, each time with increasing violence. As the violence increases, the woman writhes in apparent ectasy which escalates to laughter. At the end of the play, her "cunt," a voice characterization by another actress, begins to yell at the men, attacking them for their hypocrisy. Though I believe this final twist is meant to justify the previously presented misogynist attitudes and violence, it is not enough to counter the rest of the action of the play. The woman is eventually silenced--killed by a corkscrew...