Word: context
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Sometimes the scatter-shot technique worked--there was a sense of absurdity and a liberal sprinkling of slapstick that occasionally legitimized the mess. Some of the music--especially when the score departed from the safe, cliched, quasi-forties style--like Laura Shapiro's mediocre "Onion," was completely out of context. The song could have been in any show, and should have been in none...
...which he over and over again tried to dazzle us with that shining crystal "fact" of "high heritability of I.Q.," hypnotizing us into accepting his argument. I want, briefly, to break the spell by showing that the "high heritability of I.Q.," is a non-fact, at least in the context of discussion of social class, and that indeed such phrases as "I.Q.'s substantial heritability" or "the heritability of I.Q. is 80 per cent," despite their appearance as English, are actually scientifically meaningless garbage which have not been refuted in technical journals because there is nothing to refute...
...women play, have tea, and isn't it nice," she continued. "The context is different for them, they are just not starting from the same point...
...type" harmonies are colored with dissonance or humorous rhythms. One of the greatest problems in most musicals is the transition from dramatic scenes to musical numbers. The history of shows displays a constant struggle to find new, unexpected ways to introduce songs, particularly those numbers which seem out of context. In The Teeth of Mons Herbert LaZebnik puts this tension to rest by making each number either an obvious parody or, in some cases, an integral part of the action. The author isn't trying to disguise the obvious difference of drama and song: rather he plays with that separation...
...more education than almost anyone else, and he receives a comparatively high wage. (The Peace Corps adjusts wages to the standard of living in the country. A volunteer in Guatemala makes $150 per month.) When he returns to the United States, his skills and assets, put in the context of the high level of training in this country, become minor and he has difficulty in getting a good job. Although the volunteer knows that he is capable, he often feels threatened or challenged by the level of competition in the United States...