Word: abstraction
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Though recent debates surrounding the issue of gay marriage have made it seem primarily an issue of abstract morality, the possibility that in less than a month Massachusetts citizens—and maybe even some Harvard students—will be among the first gay couples in the country to marry makes the matter seem much more real. If the SJC lets its ruling stand, the question of gay marriage will pass quickly from the realm of panel discussions and philosophical debate to the realm of Massachusetts residents’ daily lives as homosexual couples begin to enjoy a right...
Consider that implicit unease at whether those plans hatched for summer are really going to be the right idea, a nagging suspicion that begins to creep in as the days fly by and June becomes less of an abstract concept and more something which happens the week after next. That intensely annoying question of “what are you doing this summer?” becomes the catchall currency in social interactions, as widespread as the holy trilogy of name, hometown and SAT score were during the heady days of Freshman Week. When everyone’s talking about...
...handedly overshadow boring music. The value placed on music’s literary aspect seems to ignore the fact that music, as the Bomb Squad put it, is nothing more than organized noise. If music is powerful because it’s immediate, because it’s inherently abstract, then why not focus on the possibilities of sound itself...
...various faux Colonial structures one encounters. When one can safely direct anyone to the George Edward Woodberry Poetry Room, the Godfrey Lowell Cabot Science Library or the Arthur and Elisabeth Schlesinger Library one feels a little less insecure about being here. Unfortunately, then begin the questions of a more abstract nature...
...instead of discussing whether Gibson’s account is consistent with the New Testament account, much of the discussion has focused on whether the film is historically accurate. The cover of Newsweek asks, “Who really killed Jesus?” This is not merely an abstract or epistemological query. It can be a matter of life and death. Throughout history Jews have been killed because they are accused of being Christ-killers. One can only hope that this film will not add to that toll. It will probably not in the United States...