Word: commonization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...liar". If not for this exchange, Dylan's performance might have been regarded as merely a dissatisfaction to the audience, rather than pure treachery. To them, Bob Dylan was supposed to be the protector of the "Old Guard" against Rock and Roll, a crusader for the rights of the common people through his songs--the liner notes suggest that this concert marked him as "a traitor to the proletariat cause...
...Instead of a world government, or international rules of practice, men who have become blindingly wealthy using cutthroat practices in the global economy have become institutions of great power. These men are either a George Soros or an Osama bin Laden. Soros uses his wealth for what most consider common good. Bin Laden has used his millions for terrorist purposes...
...stepping in to pick up the difference. Why did so many show up to see Soros? He has been incredibly successful, a man who is a model for many Harvard students. But in his own words two Mondays ago, "The need to succeed has swamped our concern with the common good...
While noting what he called the "special features" of Leverett--backing to Memorial Drive, a heating grate near an entrance that attracts the homeless in cold weather, the difficulty of securing and isolating non-common areas in Leverett Towers and the number of small children of resident tutors--Georgi announced that access to all common areas of the house would be available from 8 a.m. to midnight...
However, he says he believes that his eviction is a result of his activism, a common theme at the rally...