Word: gladness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tables and read books when asked not to. And his responsiveness was largely illusory. After the incident, the Law Faculty passed a compromise plan which had been drawn up before the incident; a plan which instituted reform so mild as to be meaningless. Bok's glad-handing and oily sincerity at the "study-in" made no difference in the resolution of the issues in question. His presence was simply a device to reduce tension and pacify students; his gesture not only lacked substance, but showed contempt for substance...
...glad in a way, that I did write Redux instead of pulling ahead with it. This, again, was' a bit of a leap of the imagination--I haven't lived in Pennsylvania for a long time now and this Brewer is a rather different Brewer from the one in Rabbit Run--which was based on scenes in my childhood where I knew every wrinkle in the pavement. I still felt on solid ground in this book in a way...the next book will have to be a jump in the dark...
...have been primarily the Jewish State, but at the same time, a workers' paradise centered on concepts of freedom and justice, a force for civilization and enlightenment in the Middle East, which (with the naivete of true historial determinists) they assumed the backward oppressed Arabs would be only too glad to accept. It is a tragedy of history that the well-meaning forces of Jewish nationalism collided head-on with an Arab nationalism which none suspected existed--and that in the ensuing conflict, "the Chosen People" would become a nation of conquerors, a role for which they were little suited...
...this professor's stated opinion, a scientist's proper concern should be to do the best research he can; if someone else misuses the results of his work, that is not his business. After the class, the students filed out of the hall, glad that the lectures had ended and reading period was to begin, yet some felt rather uneasy about their position in the shelter of academic ivy. Would they be as dispassionate as their gentle professor if it were their land and food supply that was being ruined by an intruder's technology? And what of these chemicals...
...fellas, it's real nice of you to give us back the right to our Jewish city of Jerusalem [Dec. 27]! We're glad you're big enough to swallow your doubts and to tell the world you think Jews are fit to govern a city that's had a Jewish majority for the last 100 years...