Word: hating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Plays such as Perdition are more than mere lapses of historical memory; they are invitations to crushing bigotry. Von Weizsacker makes clear that the past--even a past as terrible as the one the play distorts--can be the foundation for a hopeful future, one free of such hate. It remains for his countrymen to learn to understand...
...West German presidency is a ceremonial office and von Weizsacker on numerous occasions has commanded the necessary authority to counteract outbursts of hate in his country. This happened most recently after President Reagan's visit to a cemetery for German World War II veterans and SS officers, Bitburg. The visit justifiably caused an international furor, but one which led to a nationalistic reaction among Germans agitated by the attention brought to the Hitler years. In a widely praised and widely publicized speech, the 67-year old statesman took his nation--and his own political party--to task for trying...
Strum understood the dangers of anthropomorphism, of coming to love the animals too much and to hate the people endangering them. Strum, the least violent of creatures, said that if she had had a gun, she might have shot the farmers who were threatening her baboons. Now, in Shirley Strum's dreams, the baboons asked her for help, and she searched for a ranch that would accept them. The ranchers mostly thought she was insane. Baboons raid crops. Importing baboons to a ranch made as much sense as transplanting cockroaches to a New York City apartment. But at last Strum...
...know Matthew Joseph's "Spring Fever" was only published to goad campus activist (goading being the subtlest form of controversy the Crimson can handle), and so in a way I hate to play into your hand, but here goes...
...have been working straight through the night, and are in an adrenaline and caffeine induced daze. Despite your hellish night, Your Mac remains happy. Your Mac is always happy. It always stares at you as if has just won the lottery. You hate this, but you dare not anger it. Only one more sentence...you are so close...so very close...