Word: concepts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...strategy was developed by wise men in accordance with the wise and ancient principles of diplomacy and war, the real world does not intrude. Mandelbaum turns to Clauswitz, his hero, for a pigeonhole in which to sequester all the troublesome events of the last three decades, and uncovers the concept of "friction...
Wittig said women should adopt a "lesbian consciousness" that rejects the "mythical concept of woman." She said that the concept of "womanhood" subjugates women to men, adding that to free themselves, women must "destroy all categories...
...suggested that the U.S. and North Viet Nam sign an agreement settling the military questions between them-withdrawal, prisoners, ceasefire. The political problem-"that is the most thorny, the most difficult problem"-would not be allowed to prolong our negotiations. Le Duc Tho now dispensed with the entire concept of a coalition government. It was now only an "Administration of National Concord," to be set up within three months by the two South Vietnamese parties and charged with implementing the signed agreements and "organizing" elections...
...Similarly, if I wanted to cast Purlie Victorious or Colored Girls and if it were important to my concept, I wouldn't put white actors in it. You can't take away from creative desion-making, and you can't force white directors to cast something colorblind...
Since the publication of his book, Gofman has brought his concept of nuclear "murder" to the trial of protestors who scaled a fence at the Rancho Seco plant in California. Swayed by Gofman's testimony, the jury acquitted one defendant on the grounds that he had reason to believe his crime was necessary to prevent a substantial and immediate danger to life and property...