Word: context
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Still, Morrisroe's discussion of Mapplethorpe in the context of art history sometimes fails in not being extensive enough. Her portraits of specific artists and writers are well-rendered but too often fall short. Her cultural analysis too often resorts to cliche, as in her description of the climate at Mapplethorpe's school, Pratt, during the early 1960s: "In November, John F. Kennedy was assassinated, shattering America's idealistic view of itself. But no single incident triggered the sixties: instead, it was a steady buildup of events that converged, then exploded...
Gingrich: Yes. It would be thinkable if they won the election in '96, and I think if there was a Democratic majority in Congress, they would raise taxes in '97. But in this context...
...faculty members prepare to consider the proposals, they are questioning whether they will truly deflate grades by putting them in context...
...personally think of a Christmas tree as pretty darn secular. But if it can't be separated from its original Christian context, then let's get rid of it rather than turn dinner into a house-funded showcase of religious pluralism, as Tucker argues we must do out of fairness to all faiths. I gave house dues for microwaves, beer and dances--not a gallery of world religions. --Daniel K. Hamalainen...
Among Hatfield's publications are Thomas Mann A Collection of Critical Essays (1964) and Modern German Literature. The Major Figures in Context...