Word: mix
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...collapse of the Soviet empire let the lid blow off Eastern Europe's ugly assortment of old ethnic hostilities. At the same time, for different reasons, countries in Western Europe are becoming increasingly aware of the pressures generated by their own changing racial mix. As their Muslim and African populations have increased, Europeans who for decades delighted in accusing the U.S. of bigotry and violence have discovered they are not nearly as tolerant as they thought they were...
...ethnic mix changes, some countries are discovering that they are not as tolerant as they thought...
Throughout his career Singer was criticized for this mix of sexuality and catastrophe. In his Nobel lecture he finally replied: "The pessimism of the creative person is not decadence but a mighty passion for the redemption of man. While the poet entertains he continues to search for eternal truths . . . to find an answer to suffering, to reveal love in the very abyss of cruelty and injustice...
...native England without delay or regret. He did the things a lot of dreamers do: he bought language tapes, a 200-year-old house, a Citroen deux chevaux, and resolved to write a novel. But the renovation of ancient stone and the crafting of new fiction do not mix; each day workmen banished Mayle to a succession of chalky corners. So what could he do with his time except make his fortune -- by chronicling the scene around him in irresistible prose...
...against the whole idea of MTV? "In some ways it sounds like it would be anathema," McGrath concedes. "But there's something about Unplugged that's very simple and very clear. You can appreciate that there's somebody out there playing it one time, with no chance to mix...