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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...becomes one must always return back to universality and to man. Thus I must stick with man and his universality. At once, therefore, I recognize Afro-American literature to be universal in that it abides by the universal laws of literature and finds itself structured within the same general context of universal literature in that there is a classical period, a romantic period, etc. Yet it is particular since it arises out of a context that is both African and American; slavery and multinational corporation; a context that is transformed in historical time...
...emerging African elites. But many in that group mistrust the West because of the years of European colonialism, the long period of total support by the West of white supremacy in South Africa, and the continuing refusal to back U.N. sanctions against South Africa. Seen in this context, Harvard is faced with the choice of a policy of ambivalence on apartheid (opposing it in words while at the same time profiting from it)--which can only cause cynicism among Africans--or a forthright stand which could start to win back the good will of Africa's present and future leaders...
...view through the window; and this picture exactly overlaps the view, so that the play between image and reality asserts that the real world is merely a construction of mind-be any more jarring if its locale were exotic? Of course not; such paradoxes depend on the context of real life...
Bulkeley, however, said "I stand by my story." "My portrayal of the class was accurate." Although some students quoted in that story claim Bulkeley took their comments out of context, even Raiffa agreed that no one was actually misquoted...
Dianetics postulates that there are two aspects to the human mind, the analytical and the reactive. The analytical mind perceives the immediate environment, puts it in the context of past experience, and compels one to act a certain way. It is the conscious part of the mind. The reactive mind operates below the state of consciousness as a stimulus-response mechanism. Through Scientology, Velona said, clasping both of his elbows across His chest...