Word: flux
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...trouble had been correctly anticipated, the U.S. might have closed its embassy. But the Administration reasoned that the risk of maintaining its embassy was worth it. The situation seemed to be in flux, and the Administration felt a U.S. presence in Tehran would act as a moderating force. Besides, the U.S. cannot simply close down its embassies whenever it anticipates trouble...
...tiny desert outpost of Abu Darbah changed hands last week as Israel yielded a third slice of the Sinai Peninsula in accordance with the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty. Indicative though it was of continuing progress, it went virtually unnoticed in the flux and fury of events elsewhere in the region...
Clearly this social flux consisted more of motion than of movement. The women's liberation movement may turn out to be profoundly epochal, but neither it nor any other trend gripped or provoked the nation as did, say, the now quiescent civil rights crusade. Surely no single label or slogan could possibly embrace such a diffuse drama, and efforts to encapsulate these times in a single-shot insight have been quite unconvincing...
...problem is that there's no real Hall and Oates sound. Not many groups can switch from a country, acoustic sound on an album like Past Times Behind to the futuristic, electronic rock of Bigger than the Both of Us. And perhaps that constant state of flux explains why Hall and Oates have never attracted a massive, fanatic following. They have some characteristic sounds; they can play formula pop or experimental rock, but not everyone likes their use of different styles of music. And Along the Red Ledge, in the end, becomes a Hall and Oates sampler, offering a little...
Student government at Harvard is now in a state of flux. The new Student Assembly, created by the constitution that students ratified last spring, met last week and passed a resolution to support the Nestle's boycott. Four days later, the Committee on Houses and Undergraduate Life (CHUL) also voted to recommend a boycott, with little mention of the Student Assembly vote...