Word: context
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...center of The New Russians is the story of one Russian in particular, Mikhail Gorbachev. Smith deftly presents a biography of Gorbachev that puts him into the context of national malaise: clever enough to advance through the mediocrities of the party, honest enough to recognize the need for change. He believes Gorbachev has already achieved greatness by creating a civil society in a country where political passivity and dictatorship had always been the norm. Informal organizations at the grass roots and the emerging institutions of parliament, independent courts and a free press will eventually lead to a multiparty system...
Although only two of her plays had been produced by her death at age 29, Lorraine Hansberry emerged as a leading voice in the struggle for Black equality in the 1960s. To Be Young, Gifted, and Black tells her story in the context of the growing Civil Rights movement. But to its credit, this play also explores Hansberry's life from feminist and artistic perspectives. Although director Katrina Merritt's staging is conventional, the intriguing script and powerful cast ensure that our interest in Hansberry and the works she created will linger after the lights have faded...
...those who would like to explore more deeply the context for Gaia and the new environmentalism, Bantam Books will soon publish The Rebirth of Nature: The Greening of Science and God ($21.95) by Rupert Sheldrake. The British biochemist and philosopher delves into classical thought and the Reformation to describe the events that led to the desecration of nature in Western science and religion, and then argues that a new animism is bridging the gap between science and religion...
...pleased that Mughogho has acknowledged a "more equitable application form for international students," we are dismayed that his article suggests that we are then unable to interpret fairly the information that we have collected. Our entire admissions process is geared toward evaluating what an applicant has accomplished in the context of his or her cultural, educational, and social resources rather than holding all applicants to some universal, and therefore inappropriate, standard...
Along with all those effulgent rhythms, it's the finesse of the language that lofts songs like this out of the arena of gossip and retribution into something far more formidable. "In its literary context, his writing is very important," says the poet Derek Walcott, to whom Simon dedicates a Saints song called The Coast. "Most poetry is sedate, quiet, self-concerned. His imagination is much bolder and more refreshing. He reminds me of Hart Crane...