Word: evil
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Since good smeared as evil is punished and evil masquerading as good is rewarded in this one, another more equitable-honest and enduring world is required...
Nora Astorga, Nicaragua's nominee for Ambassador to the U.S. [WORLD, April 2], may indeed be a dreadful dragon lady. On the other hand, having made the decision that war was necessary to eliminate a greater evil in her country, Astorga may have demonstrated considerable moral and patriotic responsibility by luring General Reinaldo Pérez-Vega to her room and then killing...
Sabath's powerful performance stems from his acting experience while in high school. In his freshmen year at Harvard, Sabath played a minor role as an evil merchant in Aladdin at the Agassiz, but in high school Sabath played such roles as Faggin in Oliver Twist, Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and surprisingly, but yet not so surprisingly, Tevye. Of all these roles, Sabath says he favors the role of Tevye...
Barclay's stripped-down emotional life is also unfortunate, as this makes the analysis and delection of evil a cruder process. Barelay admits to being "a specialist in loneliness." However, a Large number of use to control sell-criticism and self-condemnation; Golding's novel would be more interesting if he had chosen to show how a sociable man came to perceive himself as evil. Golding isolates Barelay to show the frequent condition of cultural archons, people who wish to forward the work of art without committing themselves to any ideas about his life, but the fact that lonely people...
...division of our nuclear world into "the warriors" and "the victims." Shaped by experiences such as those Dyson describes, the two groups largely speak past each other; little communication is possible. The warriors' basic belief is "Don't rock the boat," for they see war as a necessary evil. The victims cry "Ban the bomb," since they well know the destruction of past wars. Dyson sees both sides, and contends that neither the warriors nor the victims will be able to effect any fruitful change without the other...