Word: disquiet
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Underlying the soap opera is an essay on the seductive comforts of a conformist society and the way in which free thinkers inescapably disquiet the people around them. When the pastor speaks of faith, he means order, moral certitude, freedom from doubt. To him there is no deeper satisfaction than to be regarded as normal. His attitude echoes the values of a police state; when Road opened at Yale in 1984, then more effectively at Britain's National Theater in 1985, the pastor seemed a humbug, professing affection for an old friend while ruthlessly trying to have...
That was not enough, however, to calm a sense of disquiet in Brazilian political circles. Neves fell ill the night before he was scheduled to take the oath of office as Brazil's first civilian President after 21 years of military rule; his Vice President had to be sworn in in his stead. Would Neves ever take power? And what about the health of the government during his prolonged absence...
...endorsed church sanctuary for refugees from Central America, and advocated equal rights for homosexuals. He not only gave nuns and laywomen key staff positions but also at one time mused openly about the theoretical possibility of women priests; that may be one reason he is now looked on with disquiet by some Vatican officials. When Pope John Paul II tried to dampen dissident U.S. theologians, Weakland remarked that the Pontiff "probably doesn't quite understand the American approach to pluralism...
...memo last week, Rolm President Kenneth Oshman assured his employees that "our partners at IBM recognize the need to preserve Rolm's culture and informal style." Feelings within the company were mixed. Said a Rolm marketing manager: "There is a vague disquiet about the takeover and a feeling that something has been lost, but no great sense of panic...
...debut of IBM's new business programs has caused more than vague disquiet in the $2.2 billion personal-computer software industry. Big Blue has developed 31 different programs that can perform such tasks as compiling payrolls, drawing graphs and creating reports. Until now, all the personal-computer software that IBM sold was produced by other companies. IBM's new programs will compete most directly with the popular ones sold by Lotus Development of Cambridge, Mass., and Ashton-Tate of Culver City, Calif. Some experts are confident that small companies can hold their own in the software competition because...