Word: complexity
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...state in the West Bank and Gaza." The creation of such a state may in fact be part of a comprehensive, peaceful resolution of the crisis. However, it is not the place of the United States to legislate a solution to an international situation, especially one with as many complex historical and political facets as this. Peace in the region cannot be accomplished in a vacuum; it must be the result of direct negotiations between the parties involved. The United States should concentrate its efforts on facilitating these talks. Any attempt to circumvent the negotiation process or to impose...
...political problem with a painfully human face. Unlike the arcane theories of Star Wars or the complex calculations of the budget deficit, homelessness is no abstraction. The homeless confront urban dwellers every day: sleeping on sidewalks and park benches, begging pedestrians for loose change, huddling in doorways for shelter or meandering the streets muttering to themselves. In cities that have flourished during the Reagan years, there are more homeless today than at any time since the Great Depression...
American society as a whole seems unable or unwilling to make hard decisions on pressing moral dilemmas. We live in a complex society and many controversial issues confront us every day. But instead of choosing to help in a real and meaningful way, we throw up our hands in despair and do nothing...
...officials said, the one highprofile registration drive earlier in the month at federally subsidized Fresh Pond Apartments Complex in North Cambridge, failed to attract the number of residents organizers hoped...
...elegant assurance of Allen's transitions in time and the perfection of an ensemble cast (special mention to Gene Hackman as the rejected lover) are admirable. They enrich the hypnotic power with which a complex movie explores that inevitable mid-life moment when we must count the costs not of our incautions, but of our cautions...