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...yesterday’s address, Gates spotlighted two problems, health—in a global context??and education—in an American context??as the marquee issues that the upcoming generation should solve...
...cinematic depictions of the Holocaust, Frodon urged, must be understood in their context??when they were made, by whom, and for what purpose. Historical inaccuracies should be noted, but artistic responses, even commercial Hollywood films, cannot be judged solely by their historical veracity...
...Date with IKEA.” Pavement’s sedate final album, “Terror Twilight,” gets the short shrift with just one track. Ethereal pop song “Spit on a Stranger” is a solid choice, but some additional context??either in the form of piano-driven ballad “Major Leagues” or swan song “Carrot Rope”—would perhaps have been helpful...
...predict the weather months in advance with perfect accuracy. However, that wealth of data is just not realistic, and so, like the rest of us, weathermen do the best they can with what they have. Considering that a microscopic shift in wind direction—in the right context??can drastically change the conditions we experience on the ground, we should instead be impressed with how often they get it right...
...First of all, you have to think about religious traditions as cultural phenomenon embedded in context??social and political and literary and artistic,” says Professor Ali S. Asani, professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Cultures and Associate Director of Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program. “Great works of Christian secular music are tied closely to piety. We are used to thinking about religion in theological forms. Religion is such a complex phenomenon that religious discourse can be found in many other forms. Muslims in the Islamic world...