Word: beare
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...label him an artist, propagandist, or hack, you can deal with issues mixed with flesh and blood, making for more than a lively read: a critic tries to guide the intelligent subject, or scourge the dolt. One of the best traditions James Agee set was bringing whole biographies to bear on points that matter...
...Ivory, rubber and minerals was built on the backs of the Angolese who had remained in their homeland. Needed agricultural goods were produced on slave plantations for the home market. Although Portugal's empire was tawdry by comparison with those of mightier European nations, the Portugese could not bear to give it up. As one trader-colonist wrote in 1882, "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed are king. As poor as I am now, if I returned to Portugal today, I would amount to zero. On the other hand, I am who I am here as long...
Abroad, Portugese colonialism was ridiculed as anachronistic by the more sophisticated of the neocolonialists. International opinion among those less cynical focused on the forced labor issue. Pressure, like that applied a century earlier against slavery, was brought to bear in the 1950's against Portugese labor policies, and the Portugese responded as they had earlier, by making small changes that appeased the critics...
...decision, the court said flatly, "We hold that a woman has a constitutional right of privacy under the Ninth and 14th Amendments to determine for herself whether to bear a child." In the early stages of gestation, the court decided, "a mother's right transcends that of the embryo...
...these albums, Peter is the most aware of a folk tradition he has influenced and which he still wants to mold. He is a fine composer, and his intelligent lyrics bear witness to real feeling for the sound and rhythm of words used poetically. Paul's words are also subtle and engaging, although he is less lyrical. On his album he has opted for ballads instead of folk music that is geared to some prevailing national spirit. It is not entirely fair to compare Mary with the others since she does not write any of her own material. In recording...