Word: communale
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...When the people disobeyed Gandhi's pacifist injunctions, and erupted into communal violence after independence, he went on a hunger strike until the rioting stopped. He wanted freedom but without bloodshed. He also eschewed any egotistical desire to retain control of events, going along with India's partition, even though he was against it, because he thought it was what the people wanted. We all know that a radical, all-encompassing love of humanity can be one of the most transformative forces on earth. Rajmohan Gandhi's book reminds us that it can spring from the most ordinary of hearts...
...communal and we all participated,” he said. “They wanted somebody like me to help them create a DNA for future buildings in the planning study, so that was my main role...
...money to pay for equipment and membership dues. Given the commitment Harvard has already made to low-income students, with those whose families have incomes less than $60,000 responsible for no parental contribution, it seems illogical to perpetuate a system that keeps them from participating in competitive and communal athletics...
...hacks” or the Harvard Lampoon’s pranks are a source of pride among students, faculty, and alumni. They imbue a university with a unique character that helps to make it distinguishable from others. Such pranks also serve to break down generational boundaries, fashioning communal, experiential bonds between those affiliated with the university young...
...reasons Akinola is both controversial and potentially important is that as the gay issue stretches this understanding past the pain threshold, he is a man unafraid to cut the cord--an uncompromising evangelizer of a sort, more familiar to Americans than to many Anglicans, who is willing to abandon communal solidarity unless it supports a "right" reading of Scripture...