Word: context
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...often, I've had the experience of finding that a certain group dynamic cannot be recreated out of context: that my FOP group never felt the same at "reunions" as it did in the woods, that the people who'd felt like soulmates at summer camp had less to say to each other when united at a pizza place in October. This doesn't undermine the intensity and reality of those connections in the moment--in a way it makes them and their moment more wonderfully singular--but it does provide a sobering glimpse of the great big truth that...
...terrorists; his overtures to New York's black power broker, the Rev. Al Sharpton; his sudden support for ethanol subsidies (which he once called "highway robbery"). Then he insists he isn't just another vote-grubbing pol. "When you're a national candidate, you see things in a different context," he says. "I'm being upfront and direct about...
...issue is, How well can anyone ever know another person," Bradley asks, "if they only know that person in a public context?" We're sitting on the second floor of a cheerful bookshop in North Conway, N.H., sparring about the politician's obligation to reveal himself. Though Bradley's speeches trumpet bits of his glittering biography, he hates surrendering his story to others--especially to reporters who, he feels, take "snippets" and use them to draw wild conclusions. I ask if people have a right to learn about those who would be President. "That's more so today than...
...these families (just like his own back in the Dust Bowl) instead of one lump sum. But factor in inflation, and whatever interest might be earned by socking the money away, and what the Republicans are offering is undeniably less money. Worse, it sounds heartless, especially within the context of an ugly budget that?s already breaking the fiscal bank in a hundred other ways. These same GOPers, of course, have endorsed Bush in droves, so most of the reaction Thursday was trying not to sound hurt ("It's a free country... he has a right to speak out," sniffed...
...Also in a supportive group context, Speaking Up in Class (Bureau of Study Council, 5 Linden St.; 495-2581; Tuesday noon to 1:30 p.m., starts October 19) provides learning strategies for women who are sick of remaining silent in the midst of aggressive (male) classmates. Through discussion and exercises, the focus is on increasing self-confidence and managing anxiety in academic settings...