Word: context
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Kissinger's "use of force" means war. No one who recalls the barbarism and destruction of the "use of force" by the United States in Vietnam can accept it now, even in another context. Kissinger's remark, no matter how phrased, threatens the sovereignty and well-being of the people of the Mideast who cannot be held responsible for the policies of their autocratic rulers...
Chomsky also believed that features of transformational theory that were found in every language--linguistics universals--would necessarily be innate, biological structures. Again, in the context of contemporary linguistic theory this is an eccentric view, but it is the view Bernstein has grabbed onto--he sees transformational grammar as a "subconscious process," innate and not learned...
...projected Library-related traffic is expected to increase the afore-mentioned average noise levels in the peak year of visitation to 72 dBA during weekday peak hours and 71 dBA on Sunday afternoons. These noise increases of 1-4 dBA are hardly significant but must be considered in the context that noise levels are already high enough (above 70 dBA) to cause significant interference with conversational speech in many outdoor areas...
Although it may be true in some cases that black undergraduates receive lower grades than whites, the context in which this occurs must be understood. It is not that black students are incapable. Rather prejudicial treatment by professors and advisors, the irrelevant or racist content of courses and the day-to-day struggle to survive within an alienating environment all make it more difficult for blacks to succeed...
...notion that he is tragically flawed -which the warmly colored historical sections are designed in part to reinforce through contrast-is essential to understanding him. In the context of what is, after all, a gangster picture, that is a tall and slightly pretentious order...