Word: bring
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...political gain, the past suffering of the Jews. But far more dangerously, this reckless misuse of the term bodes ill for oppressed all over the world. For as he toyed with the language of mass murder, Castro made the crime less horrible, more familiar; if he eventually succeeds in bringing the word into common political discourse, he will bring the crime into realm of the possible...
...movement with the escalation of American involvement in Viet Nam, from the sparsely attended demonstrations against the February, 1964 bombings of North Viet Nam to the 1967 protests against Dow Chemical Co. and the use of napalm and finally to the massive demonstrations in the spring, 1972, to bring the troops home...
...film concentrates on Madison; the Wisconsin capital serves as a metaphor for America. By focusing in on one town, Silber and Brown bring to the film a unity of place and time without sacrificing national significance. The selection of Madison was a wise one since, as Barry A. Brown put it, "Everything happened in Madison, from the smallest protest to the biggest bombing." The War at Home chronicles the history of the anti-war movement and captures some of its passion and humanity...
...walking irony, standing at the crest of Boston Common. Caesar's men fought for the right to pay his way. They swept out the winos, bums, petty thieves and rapists who populate the Common until the Boston cold runs them out in November just to bring him there and hear him say: "...it is part of your task in the world and the Church to reveal the true meaning of life where hatred, neglect or selfishness threaten to take over the world...Faced with problems and disappointments, many people will try to escape from their responsibility: escape in selfishness, escape...
...sadness of the young man makes us reflect. We could be tempted to think that many possessions, many of the goods of this world, can bring happiness. We see instead in the case of the young man in the Gospel that his many possessions had become an obstacle to accepting the call of Jesus to follow him. He was not ready to say yes to Jesus, and no to self, to say yes to love and no to escape...