Word: directing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ginsberg: An enormous amount. Many word sociologists like McClure and Pound say that when words get separated from direct conversation when they are just on the page without the physical component of sound, then the head gets cut off from the bod. And people will tend to go into generalizations and hyper-abstraction of the language. Words have to refer to something real, and when we begin to take words as having eternal abstract essence without any physical reference, the human content is removed from the language. As Pound points out, when the words in poetry get cut off from...
What he did not say is that Harvard's President Derek Bok joined with other college presidents, at least a week before January 15, to direct a strong letter of protest to the South African government. It included a firm request for an immediate amelioration of the restrictions on Blacks, Rightly or wrongly, Harvard's position is that an effective boycott against South African industry will only exacerbate the position of the Blacks by creating unemployment...
Normally the Pope gives neither interviews nor press conferences, but during the long flights on the papal plane, John Paul usually takes time not only to greet reporters but to listen carefully to their questions and provide remarkably direct and thoroughgoing answers. "During our 1979 flight to Mexico," Wynn recalls, "John Paul told me that he planned to visit the U.S., the first time this had been revealed. On subsequent trips, he gave me meaty answers about keeping priests out of politics and on his plans to visit Poland in 1983 in spite of the country's state of martial...
...since Puebla, during his globetrotting papacy, the Pope has consistently spoken out on behalf of the poor and against social injustice, more often and more vigorously than any of his predecessors. He has relentlessly continued to stress both the evils of Marxism and the need for priests to avoid direct involvement in politics. In effect, his aim has been to co-opt the acceptable themes of liberation theology, while trimming away its objectionable elements. As one high official of the Roman Curia puts it, John Paul's strategy is "to show that he is the premier liberation theologian...
...rates on home mortgages and corporate bonds today are about 10%--or more than three times the level in the 1970s. The principal reason for this increase has been the rise in the federal budget deficit. The high real interest rates caused by the budget deficit are also the direct source of the overwhelming trade deficit now hurting American exporters and those U.S. firms competing with imports. The rates have attracted funds to the U.S. from around the world, and the increased demand for dollars has raised the dollar's value by more than 60% since...