Word: galbraith
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...division between objectivists and subjectivists. The subjectivists (poets and moralists) looked for the seeds of hatred within the human heart. The objectivists (economists, historians, lawyers) dismissed such vaporings and located the causes of hatred in the conditions of peoples' lives. "Hard, visible circumstance defines reality," said John Kenneth Galbraith. In the past 45 years, he pointed out, no one has been killed, except by accident, in conflict between rich industrial countries. In poor nations of the world, millions of people have died in struggles during those years. "Out of poverty has come conflict." Elena Bonner, the widow of Andrei Sakharov...
...Galbraith said that Ishaq Khan, whom hecalled an "old protege" of Zia ul-Haq, had opposedBhutto since her election...
...cohabitated not well at all with the youngwomen prime minister of a party vehemently opposedto Zia ul-Haq," Galbraith said. "He and the armytook advantage of the current crisis...
...Although Galbraith would not describe in detailhis conversation with Bhutto, he said she did notseem overly intimidated by the army unitssurrounding her house...
...never yet been known to give up," saidWarburg Professor of Economics Emeritus JohnKenneth Galbraith, who is Peter Galbraith's fatherand an old friend of Bhutto. "We all have hopesshe will be back...