Word: framework
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Owen J. Gingerich, professor of Astronomy and of the History of Science, disagreed with the statement, arguing that it was imprudent to expect the Resolution to apply equally in the University. He said that the Resolution had created a framework for acceptable methods of political pressure, which, he added, "is the only way one can operate in a political environment against one's superiors...
...nurturing the growth of democracy in a diverse and desperately poor land. In the 22 years of India's independence from Britain, the party has been the stabilizing factor of Indian political life. A benign octopus that embraced both doctrinaire socialists and free-enterprising rightists, it provided the framework within which India's many sects and nationalities could work together for common political goals. During the past several years, though, the Congress Party has been increasingly riven by internal strife. Last week it was on the verge of breaking up altogether...
This kind of methodological framework is prone to produce not social critics but social engineers-technicians whose stunted vision of the possible and ethnocentric definition of the good severely limit their usefulness either in pursuing creative research or in helping to overcome the obstacles to humane progress here or in the third world...
...second song on the album, refers to Mia Farrow's sister. But LaBour wrote that "John called McCartney 'Prudence' back in the old days..." And so we come to the part of the Paul game which involves interpreting song lyrics, far from being obvious clues in themselves, within the framework of Paul's being dead. The reinterpreted lyrics seem quite eerie: "Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play... greet the brand new day... open up your eyes... see the sunny skies... Dear Prudence, won't you let me see you smile...
...band. The country orientation of the Band's music becomes more explicit in their Lyrics, which have a Southern, agrarian tone. And here, though again there is a lack of original insight, I think Robinson's iteration was to build songs valid by contemporary standards using a traditional framework. And within the limits he has set for them, the lyrics are successful...