Word: context
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...flyer in particular sticks out in my mind. I came across it months ago. It read "Blasphemy is denying one's dreams." I don't know the context of the phrase. It would be bad enough if it were merely commercial. In Costa Rica, where I live, a certain brand of cigarettes advertises on television along pretty much the same lines...
...tutoring school or term paper company [...] may be required to withdraw." This regulation is intended to protect both professors and students: professors' work cannot be represented (or misrepresented) for profit without permission and compensation, and students cannot unfairly gain from their transcribing of another's ideas in an academic context...
...transgressor in terms of foreign policy. It seems as if nations such as Russia, China and Indonesia literally get away with murder. By that token, what can be read into the apathy shown toward Africa's humanitarian crises? None of the transgressors can be considered "important" in that context, so why have America and the rest of the world shown scant interest in the suffering of the innocent civilians of Angola, Eritrea, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other African states? PAUL MATHIAS Pretoria, South Africa...
...general, these titles are much more sophisticated than the cartoons we're used to--the critically acclaimed "Neon Genesis: Evangelion," which features an intriguing blend of drama and action, grapples with political, religious, philosophical and human issues, all within the context of a futuristic sci-fi thriller...
...route of the pipeline pumping Caspian Sea oil to the West. Azerbaijan and Georgia's active support of the Chechens and preference for NATO makes a friendly regime in Yerevan that much more important to Moscow. But while the high stakes in Armenia's geopolitical stance may offer a context for Wednesday?s shootings, they offer no explanation...