Word: alienating
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Vietnam. And Dedijer himself has often been condemned by Yugoslavian Communists for his "pro-Americanism." Given this background, it is difficult to see how his presence in the U.S. as a visiting professor of humanities could be contrary to the national interest. If the State Department kept out every alien opposed to the war in Vietnam, the U.S. balance of payments would be dealt a staggering blow...
...abusive exercise of individual rights for the purpose of overthrowing the principles of the regime and the social order is prohibited." Strikes for motives "alien to the material or moral interests" of the strikers are also forbidden...
...course foreigners always have trouble fitting into an alien culture: they stick together, criticize their hosts. And foreigners whose mission is to help (rather than to learn, to work, or simply enjoy themselves) tend to be particularly contemptuous of natives who do not seem eager to use the particular services they have to offer...
...Gilmore noted in accepting the Coif Award, "the distinguishing mark of our profession is its essential loneliness. We are like spies in an alien land, cut off from any contact with headquarters, with no way of ever finding out whether the intelligence which we diligently collect and relay is what is required of us or is even relevant." Still, he added, "if you can stand the loneliness, it's a good life. But it is heartwarming, I must confess, once in a while to come in out of the cold...
...human life. This tradition in modern times has tried to recall us to the best ways of living our lives: the way of love and compassion, the way of justice and respect, the way of facing other people as human beings and not as abstract representatives of something alien and evil. It tries to recall us to the reality behind religious ceremony and symbolism, and it will change the ceremony and symbolism when the reality changes...