Word: constructive
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Villagers prevailed upon construction workers to stop work until the dragon had been propitiated. Taoist priests were brought in to exorcise the demon. A member of the Man family predicted a "bloodbath" if government officials did not meet the village's demands. These included payment of thousands of dollars in expenses for exorcism and for hospitalization of stricken members of the Man family. For good measure, villagers mixed in a shakedown with their superstitions and demanded that the government construct a new drainage system and sidewalks for the village...
...Witch doctors still thrive and sorcery is practiced. The cargo cults, a weird blend of religious faith and economic frustration, claim 60,000 members. They believe that they can acquire such desirable Western luxuries as radios and canned beer by practicing certain rites like assembling on mountaintops, where they construct mock airplanes and await the gifts from heaven...
...compensate for the reduced height, Holiday Inn will be allowed to increase the ground area of the building and to construct 331 rooms instead of the 315 originally planned. In addition, space for a large restaurant has been provided for by the agreement...
...dachas" had sprouted "like mushrooms" all over Georgia, while shortages persisted in school buildings and housing for the average Soviet factory worker. One dacha had a billiard room and marble floors in the bathroom. Another, built "with the lavishness of the czars," cost 350,000 rubles ($490,000) to construct and another 158,000 rubles ($221,200) to decorate...
Sometimes, it is. A group's ability to construct a coherent political program or to carry out the program it adopts may be undermined by members' unconscious motivations which the group leaves unexamined. For example, if 25 people frustrated with their inability to obtain conventional roles of political leadership join a group dedicated to collective decision-making, the competition that is likely to ensure will subvert the group's aims. The program would be subverted even if the members believe subconsciously in authoritarian leadership...