Word: contradicting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been wise. Though likely to be much in political agreement with Stone, Allen is not an outspoken representative for the kinds of political concerns central to Stone's or Solzhenitsyn's work. But in going down its list still further and inviting a speaker whose political activities so dramatically contradict the humanitarian aims of the seniors' top two--and probably top three-choices, the committee made a mockery of its supposed role as collective representative of the senior class. The committee acted as though convenience and inviting any celebrity were more important than respecting the prevailing sentiment among graduating seniors...
...double entendres here; precious few anachronistic references. What makes The Three Musketeers so elusive is that the clumsiness is intentional and built-in, as one might infer from the casting. Yet the movie is deft. Clumsy and deft; uncorrupt and sophisticated; slaphappy and professional; gawky and disarming--the adjectives contradict each other, and one's reaction should be "yes ... but." Instead, it's just a simple unadulterated "yes," with little else to say but go some afternoon...
...elements of Stone's vision are held together less by theory or unified strategy than by the simple force of his eloquence and his persistent search for the truth. For example, in each of his pieces on the missile race, Stone shows how government figures contradict each other, how published reports give the lie to government statements or at least to their apparent meanings...
...depiction of sexual activity between consenting adults threatens our sense of Responsibility. Vizzard himself even comments, at the beginning of his book, "What kind of god would God be, who would create flesh and blood and then make man spend all his energies trying to contradict them...
...experts' findings apparently contradict the testimony of President Nixon's personal secretary, Rosemary Woods, who told Sirica last November that she had accidently erased five minutes of the tape...