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...thing about fear is that it makes things possible that otherwise would not be. Things you would never imagine doing—kicking puppies for example—would suddenly become possible or even inevitable in a context of fear—if, say, you feared the puppies were rabid and looked ready to bite. A more real and heartbreaking example is that of soldiers my age at roadblocks and checkpoints in Israel and Iraq alike, shooting children, women and journalists. These soldiers are not malicious; they are simply afraid for their lives. If a warning shot goes unheeded, fear...
...neighbor is just a woman who is severely out of context. She’s an immigrant from rural eastern Europe who moved to my town with the intention of retiring to a house in “the country”—in an open midwestern space where her dogs and trees and plants would be spread over several acres. She even bought an RV when she retired, made an attempt to sell her house and build her country life elsewhere, but has yet to actually do so. Instead, she stays next door, creating her own little...
...reconcile this difference, we struggle to create a proper context for ourselves. On a basic level, this means finding our communities: my desire to write rambling columns might seem out of context in the math department, so I gravitate toward the humanities. That’s a move that most of us make fairly early. In every aspect of our lives—academic, social, cultural, extracurricular—we try to find the places where it is least likely that people will think we’re crazy, the places where our goals and sentiments are most likely...
...House of Blues was all the more exceptional within the context of Harvard Square, which—according to many—has become less attuned to students in recent years. As the Square is increasingly occupied by cellphone stores, jewelers and upmarket bars, the House of Blues was seen by some as a welcome dose of reality and a place to mix with other artists and music-lovers...
...Jerry Falwell for the statement that the attacks of Sept. 11 were caused by the rampant immorality of the American population,” Halle said. “What Summers says quite literally in his response to Lutzenberger is that we don’t understand the context properly, so therefore we don’t understand what he is saying...