Word: conflicted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Marcus draws out the connection between a certain style of narration and the presence of a functionalist, organicist social theory in George Eliot's fiction. By making this connection, Marcus was able to uncover the roots of both devices in a need to repress consciousness of social and sexual conflict, an insight which carries over to similar social theories in our own time, and was also able to resolve a misunderstood plot in one of her stories...
Those who view America's decision not to fight in Angola as cowardice or lack of commitment are those who persist in measuring-greatness with a military yardstick. For once we have exhibited the courage, the moral strength to keep ourselves out of a conflict in which we have no legitimate interest. Let the world judge who the imperialistic warmongers...
...political freedom we have known: social groups would moderate their own economic demands, making political repression superfluous. But the creation of such a culture out of whole cloth--against the traditions created by a more or less constantly expanding economy--seems extremely unlikely. The way out of this potential conflict between social resources and needs, it seems to me, would lie in the creation of a society where everyone exercised some basically equal degree of control over decision-making at the point of production; "restraint" if required, would then be equally distributed--and decided by the collectivity--rather than imposed...
...Angolan conflict is "not a civil war but a war for liberation against an army of occupation," consisting of Cuban and Russian troops, an official of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), one of three warring Angolan factions, said yesterday at a Center for International Affairs (CFIA) luncheon...
...Technology and serving his apprenticeship with an Atlanta architectural firm. Says he: "I wanted to have an impact and was too impatient to wait for someone else to hire me." So he opened his own office in Atlanta. While professional groups winced-architects were thought to be in conflict of interest if they developed property-he designed a striking medical center for rental but could not get it financed. He did better with Atlanta's Merchandise Mart, a blocky 22-story building of showrooms and sales offices...