Word: conceptions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Many existential experts believe they formed the launching pad for his great work Being and Nothingness. But they are more balanced than the later work, possessing a tone so serene and conversations so casual that it is often easy to forget that existentialism is supposed to be an imposing concept. The balance of the light and heavy is enough to prove inviting to any would-be philosopher...
...fighting man in Vietnam was 19, and he was given the power of life and death over all the Vietnamese he saw. The hatred he soon had for the mysterious villagers, any one of whom could be an enemy in the political war he was fighting, made the very concept of the war a joke. He was fighting to save people he hated, which is why it was so easy for him to destroy their villages in order to save them...
Under the so-called new civil defense concept, the government has begun to rely on 7,000 better prepared volunteers to provide a visible, continuous security presence in 47 towns and villages. The forces are not expected to hold off a major attack, but to resist just long enough for armed helicopters and regular troops to come to their aid. While the program has proved its value in at least half a dozen guerrilla raids since last fall, it is just getting under way in some areas. In Santa Cruz Loma, the civil defense squad did have automatic rifles...
...fact, the very notion of fanaticism is grounded in the West's image of Islam. Back in the 18th century, when the concept of fanaticism was popularized by the great minds of the Enlightenment. Voltaire wrote a play called "Mahomet." "This is the first time that superstition and fanaticism have been brought to the stage," he commented...
...maintain outer space as a lake of peace. The reason the Russians are worried should be obvious: they think the Star Wars program might actually work, thereby conferring significant military advantages on the United States. And that is a far cry from the snide put-downs of the concept offered its by the media...