Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...There is going to be, I believe, a longtime conflict between the Communist way of life and the capitalist way of life ... If an effort is made to get along peacefully, Russia might find a lot in the capitalistic system that could be of service...
...highlight of the evening for me was Allen Sapp's second Violin Sonata. The dry-tang texture of the first movement, caused by the conflict of harmonies between violin and piano, combines with the many melodies to give a very striking effect. Perhaps the finest moment in the piece comes in the carefully built-up climax of the second movement. Except for a few scattered parts, the writing throughout the Sonata is tight; the piece never seems too long for its contents. My only objection is to some of the bowing effects in the first movement, which don't really...
...said, to the money the U.S. could invest in its own security. Added General Bradley: "It is clearly apparent that in the absence of any precipitant danger, the nation must curb within reason that share of the national income it would devote to its common defenses . . . The danger of conflict today appears to have slackened, partly because we are chewing sedatives in this constant war of nerves...
...third act starts off with an argument between a Catholic priest and the lover, who has been reading a communist journal. The padre's academic argument (there are only six pleasures of the flesh, but what fun you can have with the immortal soul) scarcely resolves the religious-materialist conflict...
Last week in a criminal court, the radio stations fought the newspapers' battle and their own, and lost. Judge John B. Gray Jr. tried to resolve the conflict between the right of the free press and the right of an accused man to a fair and impartial trial. The defense argued that the courts in Baltimore, as elsewhere in the U.S., had their own ways of insuring against prejudiced trials...