Word: elasticized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Yet in a larger sense, Eshkol was indeed a transitional leader, overseeing the changing of the guard from the dogmatic Zionist pioneers to the pragmatic new heirs of an established state. Always the patient man of compromise, he provided an elastic framework of government wherein Israelis' divergent political passions...
The airlines therefore want to keep the basic fare for businessmen at a profitable level. At the same time, of course, they want to encourage more people to fly. Lower fares can greatly increase the numbers of non-businessmen using the airlines--grandmothers, students, housewives and virtually every middle-class...
Debussy's music provides an iridescent veil which sensitizes each syllable and gesture of the poem. His music illuminates the music from behind. The recitative vocal line partakes of the elastic undulations of the French language in an effort to more naturalistically express character. As he writes, "The feelings of...
In one of her perorations, Kazantzakis' widow points out that her husband has been compared with Victor Hugo, adding with feminine fondness, "He is closer to Homer." The remark is not quite as outrageous as it sounds. Kazantzakis' 33,333-line poem, also called The Odyssey, is a...
There are different definitions of "class" in political theory. My prefered one is that a class is determined by its objective material conditions. Thus, depending on the kind of house you live in and the amount of money you have to spend on food you are a member of a...