Word: equilibriums
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...besides the historical interest of this period, understanding the nature of the synthesis is important because a rival theory is currently being formulated in the rooms of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. The attack comes under many headings: "adaptationist critiques," "punctuated equilibrium," and others. But none of these names and none of these new ideas would have any meaning without the Evolutionary Synthesis which gave birth to them, without the synthesis that gave us our modern notion of where we came from and how we got here...
...Tsongas sees as pushing the Republicans toward their downfall is the pesky conservative fringe--the odd collection of special interest groups led by outfits such as the National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC). In Tsongas' view, the 1980 election was "a great shudder" that brought the country back toward equilibrium after it had swung out to the left. "NCPAC and the far right senators in the Senate will de-stabilize the country in the other way, and the more the country bends to their position, the more violent will be the swing back," he says...
...Harvard boasts the highest reputation of any school in the country, every University president has a vested interest in maintaining that prestige, in preserving the status quo. Bok has succeeded admirably in avoiding risk and minimizing conflict, but he has arrived at a critical moment. If the carefully constructed equilibrium at Harvard is to remain intact, Bok might consider the "reform in order to conserve" principle classically stated by Burke: meaningful reform now might avoid a full-fledged revolution later...
...conductor then remedied the situation with the use of his whole body--pointing, stepping, making faces--to conduct a brilliant conclusion. Silverstein played his solos in the first movement with almost arrogant projection, but subdued his slow lines in the allegretto to achieve an enrapturing equilibrium with the rest of the orchestra...
...hard to keep the credits straight with all the Beatles, it was harder still for them to keep their friendly equilibrium. McCartney, married to Linda Eastman and staying close to the hearthside, released a series of albums that were roundly drubbed as corny, until he broke through splendidly in 1973 with Band on the Run. Lennon, married to Ono and living in New York, released a great solo record, Plastic Ono Band, then threw himself headlong into uncertainty. He and Ono lived in a series of elaborate post-hippie crash pads, became obsessed not only with artistic experimentation but with...