Word: context
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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FREEDMAN: I would say so on at least two grounds, although I have difficulty in the context of this case accepting a premise that to suggest deliberateness on the part of the government is wholly frivolous and beyond the good faith argument on Professor Dershowtiz's part...
...whether Professor Dershowitz was acting in good faith in drawing his inference from the facts that we heard this morning and other facts that are of record in this case despite the fact that you as the prosecutors might draw a different inference, but it is in the context of the rules set down by the Court of Appeals that he made the allegation "deliberate," which is a term of art, and I think supported it, but at least made a colorable argument, a non-frivolous argument to that effect...
...weaving samples, upholstery materials and tapestry pieces of Anni Albers and her students which provide the unexpected delights of this exhibition. The fabric swatches, taken out of context, isolated and framed against white backgrounds, lose their identity as functional objects and become complements to the two-dimensional prints of Josef Albers. The interweaving of threads, the alternation of horizontals and verticals, the contrast between the soft haze of nubbly fibers and the smooth sheen of tightly woven threads become pure formal design. One notices, as one would probably never think to do when looking at a dress or chair cover...
...even serious efforts by European and North American filmmakers are governed by a cultural perspective that results in a fragmentary portrayal of a Latin American life. A film like State of Siege by Costa-Gavras, however urgent the moral questions it poses, so completely lacks a human, social context that its political presentation collapses in a lifeless vacuum. At the other extreme, a director like Marcel Ophuls is Black Orpheus is so adept at capturing the vibrant rhythm and undulating color of life in the slums of Rio de Janeiro that his audiences are numbed to the excruciating reality...
...offerings such relevant titles as "The Energy Crisis," "Models for Control of Man's Physical Environment," "Human Populations and Natural Resources," "Environmental Effects of Power Generation," "Population and Environment in the Urban Setting," "Growth and Process in American Law: the American Indian," "The Health Care Crisis," "War," "The Social Context of Science," and so on--a list which may not include every desirable topic, but which is surely unmatched on any other American campus...