Word: paradoxes
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...European policies. Determined not to be labeled a sellout by British Euro-skeptics, he packaged his work in Brussels as a series of valiant sorties to preserve British sovereignty. Pro-E.U. pundits in France, Belgium, Spain and Italy assailed Blair for watering down the pact. "The greatest paradox of the European Union," said Le Figaro, "is that its most skeptical member calls the shots." French President Jacques Chirac helped Blair's reputation back home by denouncing his intransigence. "The ambitions for the constitution are reduced - especially on tax and social security - by the clear position of one country...
...Shiite fighters loyal to the militant rabble rouser Moqtada Sadr - and, of course, a foreign terrorist element whose frequent high-profile suicide attacks, such as Monday's killing of the head of the Governing Council, Izzedine Saleem, sow chaos and keep the occupation authority on the defensive. The prevailing paradox is that while the Coalition's forces may be the only effective means of guaranteeing security in Iraq after June 30, their continued presence also undermines security as the various insurgent groups capitalize on the growing enmity toward the occupation forces. The sobering reality is that the U.S. appears...
Another controversial paradox of the era, female empowerment through sexual authority, was illustrated in homages to Charlie’s Angels and Pam Grier. At least for the ladies, the paradox of simultaneous empowerment and objectification subtly prevailed, particularly in the striking Angels poses, a testament to “those strong, hot women who owned their sexiness...
...weak rendition of You Keep Me Hangin' On last month on an episode of American Idol, sweet-faced Leah LaBelle was told by Cowell to "pack your suitcase." The crowd booed him lustily. The next night Idol's army of home voters sent LaBelle packing. This is the Cowell paradox. Fans of Fox's megahit talent show--not to mention its contestants--have few kind words for the adder-tongued English judge. He's been jeered, doused with a glass of water on camera and even menaced by an Idol reject with a baseball bat. Yet week after week...
...implication is quite justified. What was a humorous anecdole under President Eliot, or at best a twinkling paradox, has become a fundamental principle not only at Harvard but wherever education is advancing. Traditionally, as President Lowell says, we have proceeded "on general principles," assuming that young men are, "for practical (educational) purposes equivalent." Under the elective system, progress was thought to consist in multiplying the number of "courses" provided and the number of instructors. As all students were born equal, so were all subjects. It was a system of laissez faire. Today progress consists in "thinking not of the course...