Word: context
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Franzen's voice is frank and effective. Although Strong Motion is Louis Holland's story, it is also the collective story of many young Americans today, making the book a subtle and entertaining success. Coincidences that might seem more fitting for "Dynasty" make sense in this context because they encompass human experience. The story transcends itself, becoming symbolic of the times...
Since I've mentioned his "citadel of white supremacy" tag, I might as well point out that the way it was quoted out of context in the February 6 Crimson was manipulative and unfair. White people who have tried hard to be sensitive to minority concerns must have found this a bitter and unjustified rebuke. But to be fair to the Black students who clapped when he used that line, however, we should remember when it cropped up. Jeffries was only making the claim that cultural canon in America consistently undervalues the achievements of Black people, and that the universities...
...Israelis, the leading cause of death is traffic accidents--not terrorist bombings or even war. Outside the context of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, violent crime is so rare that when a murder occurs it makes top headlines in Israel's nationally circulated papers...
...America campaign may be simple. The larger context is not. During the week that anti-Japanese protests took place in Louisville, Toyota announced yet another $90 million plant expansion there, which would add 200 more jobs to the local economy. Total Japanese employment in the U.S. has risen to 600,000, nearly 400,000 in the manufacturing sector, while Japanese investors continue to hold $180 billion of the nation's mountain of debt paper, 30 times as much as the Germans...
...Miller recalls he "felt sick" when political editor Roger Smith brought over a faxed copy of the Star story. "Because there was a background of charges relating to Clinton's personal behavior, which he had addressed in less than categorical ways, we had to publish. We put it in context and played it low key. Everyone was in agreement, almost instantly, that this was what we had to do." The story ran about 800 words inside the paper. But the issue moved to Page One after 60 Minutes. The Times also sent reporters to Little Rock to investigate Flowers...