Word: paradox
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...great paradox is that this most universal of Pontiffs, this most traveled and most global of Popes, is, at the same time, a loyal son of Poland. He is ever mindful of its painful legacies -- repeated partition, Nazi occupation, communist oppression -- and that vision suffuses his view of the church and its mission in the world. As he told Polish journalist Jas Gawronski last year, "I have carried with me the history, culture, experience and language of Poland. Having lived in a country that had to fight for its existence in the face of the aggressions of its neighbors...
...also a moment in which an artistic credo seems to be lurking, one that, with Stoppardian paradox, might be rendered as: Who sees littlest sees furthest. Ever since he became internationally famous while still in his 20s for his philosophical farce Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1966), Stoppard has been accused of excessive cleverness -- of having a big mind but a small heart. At bottom Hapgood insists that this division is artificial. As Kerner says, "Every atom is a cathedral...
Serious matters face the generation in question, but this magazine hardly defines them. Its cover story and only political piece, "The Paradox Generation," fails in its attempt to place the political identity of Generation X. Author Bridget Quinn--who "runs a not-for-profit rock climbing organization"--notes in the article that while Generation X-ers use computers, they still love books. On this point, she dismisses the entire significance and implications of the information and communication revolution. After all, much of Generation X remains off-line...
...attribute this phenomenon of sales to a first edition. The numbers give credence to the economists who declare that 20-somethings have money to burn. This magazine, however, does not speak to that generation. The greatest paradox made evident by Swing magazine is its very existence...
Harvard on the surface appears to be different. After all, students everyday debate the merits of political ideologies such as liberalism, conservatism, and socialism in various news papers and political organizations. Yet this seemingly obvious link to political action is misleading. Upon closer analysis, Harvard demonstrates the paradox of an intense political aura coupled with very little visible "real world" energy...