Word: context
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Chandler said that the case--placed in the context of increasing gang shootings and calls for more police action--also warranted attention because the murder seemed to epitomize the burgeoning problem of violence in Boston...
...Cambodian capital of America"; and wondered out loud why Massachusetts has "suddenly become so popular for people who are accustomed to living in the tropical climate." In a testy press conference, Silber later denied charges of racism and accused the media of taking his comments out of context. The next day he was back again with another whopper, telling a group of teachers, "You can live with alcohol abuse and still achieve at a high level." Stay tuned...
...that the theme of the event will be the changing concepts of institutional leadership, both in general and for Radcliffe. She said that while she is "still mulling it over in my mind", her inaugural address will try to "describe the place I think [Radcliffe] has in the larger context of higher education...
Homophobia will not be defeated by Victorian morality and interpretations which ignore the social context in which events occur. Sex in bathrooms is picayune in comparison with the more substantial issues of harassment and public humiliation. This incident cannot be understood or examined by itself because it reflects a much larger cultural dilemma--a dilemma which we cannot fail to recognize...
Under the anti-harassment codes that are being passed at universities across the country, I could be expelled for saying or writing this sentence in a malicious context. Many people are lamenting such a tragic restriction of free speech in academia...