Word: paradox
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...songs. The virtues of Young's pieces never lay in the originality of their message, but only in the terseness of their expression, the resonance of their imagery, or the rhythm of his music. Occasionally, as in his song "I Believe in You," Young cleverly develops an unusual paradox, in that case, the realization that people who respect each other must sometimes admit they don't love each other. But these themes are never startlingly new; at best they represent ideas which occur to everyone but not often enough. When extended into a scene or transformed into clumsy symbolism, Young...
...there be any point to writing a spy thriller in extreme slow motion? That is the sort of paradox that could only attract a French novelist who has also worked in French cinema-a man, in fact, like Jorge Semprun, who was born in Madrid but has lived in France since 1939, where he has won literary prizes and has written screenplays for films including Costa-Gavras...
...THIS WAY, a reality common to the immense majority of our countries has been produced: we are potentially rich, but we live poor. In order to continue living, we borrow. But at the same time we export capital. This is a typical paradox in the international relations of the capitalist system...
...Gray is not unprepared for her future. Aside from her practical experience, her scholarly studies on the Renaissance include a chapter on "Machiavelli: The Art of Politics and the Paradox of Power" in a collection of essays honoring her father. Defining the theories of the 15th century master of Florentine intrigue she wrote: "The virtuoso of power ... can be judged by the work he produces. It is good or bad according to its effectiveness, and what renders it noteworthy and successful may be ascribed to the qualities, actions and policies he has brought into play...
...life, many politicians will back away again. Senator Howard Baker (R-Tenn.), dimpled hero of the hearings, noted recently that although as many as 70 per cent of the American people believe Nixon has deceived them in some manner on Watergate, only 20 per cent actually favor impeachment. "A paradox?" he thundered. "No! Just the genius of the American political system in action...