Word: dual
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...does the majority. And the main concession the majority makes is never to use its power at the expense of individual humanity. How can one conduct prayers in a public institution without interfering with the sacrosanct relationship of a person with himself? People in a democracy hold dual citizenship; they are citizens of their country and citizens of their souls. When the state starts imposing on the soul, democracy is in trouble...
Perhaps Cesaire was too optimistic in believing the world would accept Africa on equal terms. Even his own Martinique is merely an overseas department of France and its dual identity has not died. The most recent poems included in Collected Poems are hardly as fiery as his earlier works, revealing his doubts about the new African states and about his own ideals. But the mingling of pleasure and violence and the searing images remain. His themes of mythology and negritude still haunt his poems, as in the brutal yet hopeful "Ferments...
...Massachusetts, those precious delegates are chosen through dual system with "threshold levels" designed to prevent less popular candidates from winning delegates and accentuate the leads of the top vote-getters...
...stage in Heidi Landesman's creative sets. Following the well-known plot, Jim and Huck join forces in running away; Jim hopes to escape slavery, while Huck is running away from folk who want to "civilize" him. Ironically, the production falters precisely because Huck is too civilized. Huck's dual role as both narrator and protagonist is, at times, problematic. While in the "active" mode, he is scrambling about to keep the action going. Then, stopping dead in his tracks, he turns to the audience to tell what is happening, what is to follow, and how he/we feel about...
...Before this season, Harvard had completely dominated the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League (EISL), padding its five Eastern triumphs with an awesome 32-match winning streak that spanned four-and-a-half years. That streak came to a shocking halt earlier this season when the aquamen dropped back-to-back dual meets to Navy and Columbia. The roof had finally caved in on the Crimson...