Word: objectively
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...women at Harvard are in a pretty uncomfortable position. Something is wrong here, but it's not always clear what it is, or what to do about it. Women get angry, but when their anger has no specific object it often turns against itself or against a scapegoat. But one important thing to remember is not to be taken in by Harvard's pro-feminist veneer or rhetoric. Harvard is still a man's castle and at this point sexism, whether intentional or not, is one of its tallest turrets
...never really been fully resolved. Radical groups are upset that many of the officials who were disgraced during the Cultural Revolution have been reinstated-most notably Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping, the most powerful man in China after Chairman Mao Tse-tung and Premier Chou Enlai. They also object to the moderates' emphasis on production and their slighting of ideological struggle. The radicals seem to be egging on dissatisfied workers to create problems for the moderates; in some places they may be hoping to replace local officials by making it impossible for them to maintain order...
...rhythm from Chinese literature, its uniform stresses making him sensitive to slight variations in meter. And his desire to immerse himself in the moment without guilt about the past or ambition for the future, is no less Chinese. "The most beautiful thing is the concentration. When children see an object like an insect, a butterfly or a fruit, they have complete absorption in that object. And if you can capture that, that is beautiful...
Most conservatives have always mistrusted detente. Liberals still overwhelmingly favor the idea but have grown more wary. Many are insisting that the Ford Administration should demand more specific concessions from the Russians as the Soviet contribution to this mutual policy. Others object to what they regard as contradictory tendencies within the Administration toward the Soviet Union. New York Post Columnist James Wechsler, for example, charges the Ford Administration with glaring inconsistency when the President exchanges toasts with Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev at the same time that Defense Secretary James Schlesinger bewails the loss of anti-Soviet intelligence bases in Turkey...
...much in jokes as wild ideas, bits of madhouse theater. His material offers no snappy punch lines to repeat next day at the office. Brooks makes comic epiphanies out of the giddy, gruesome excesses of popular culture. Like some antic Pirandello, he uses comedy itself as a major object of satire...