Word: context
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Exhibiting graffiti is not a new idea, but the Trustman exhibit takes a fresh look at "a global art movement with origins in urban hip hop culture." The show's curators, Bob Oppenheim and Matt Clark, attempt to put Boston graffiti "in context," examining the motives of graffiti artists and writers. Inspired by a paper written by his late son, Josh, Oppenheim says the purpose of the show is not just to exhibit graffiti, but to win over the public as well...
Fortunately, at least one recent film portrayed South Asians in the normal, everyday context in which they exist. The Sixth Sense, the surprise-hit ghost story starring Bruce Willis, featured not one, not two, but three South Asian actors. And none of them were portraying stereotyped characters. One was a doctor, and the other two played an engaged couple picking out a ring with the usual bickering...
...second or two in the past; the first line of this story went by minutes ago. Yet without a memory of what's been said, none of what you are now reading makes the slightest sense. The same is true for our lives as a whole. Memory provides personal context, a sense of self and a sense of familiarity with people and surroundings, a past and present and a frame for the future...
...gene for novelty-seeking behavior--generally regarded as a good thing. In 1997 another study saw a linkage between the same gene and a propensity for heroin addiction. Did the "good" gene for enhanced exploration become the "bad" gene for addictive tendencies? Biochemistry may be the same, but context and background matter...
...Even if it?s softened, the Supreme Court ruling should make life easier for Palestinian detainees in Israeli hands. "Interrogators in the past had routinely used torture," says Beyer. "Now that they may be put on trial, they?re more likely to first consider the context and the consequences." But even though the perpetrators of last weekend?s failed car bombings turned out to be Israeli Arabs, the main terrorist threat comes from Hamas supporters inside the Palestinian territories. Good thing for Israel, then, that there are fewer restraints on the Palestinian security police...