Word: paradoxical
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Similarly, Mills doesn't resolve the paradox of Mailer's belief in the necessity for personal violence (as reflected in his interest in boxing) and his anti-war activism, but she offers speculation as to how the two sides developed and how they can coexist in Mailer...
...sure, the Reagan Administration has badly mismanaged the presentation of this paradox. It has talked far too often, too simplistically and too provocatively about nuclear war. It has pursued rearmament indiscriminately and disarmament unconvincingly. Thus it has created a backlash against even legitimate efforts to strengthen U.S. defenses-and rendered itself vulnerable to caricatures like Scheer...
This situation cannot change until the Mexican economy substantially improves. The man who must make that happen is a paradox: a politician who has never before held elective office. Virtually all of Miguel de la Madrid's adult life has been spent within the Mexican bureaucracy, usually in financial or planning positions. He is a lawyer-technocrat who is known as a pragmatic and quiet but firm negotiator rather than an inspired political leader for difficult times. De la Madrid's reputation is based on his mastery of the details of economic planning, his simplicity of style...
...bishops also had to face the terrible paradox of deterrence: it is based on fear and therefore cannot work if one side or the other can be absolutely certain that nuclear weapons will never be used. This point was advanced by William V. O'Brien, a political scientist at Georgetown University, who noted in the Washington Quarterly that
...Boxing is a most vicious business," said Mack Lewis, a Baltimore trainer. "Mr. Mack" is one of the least vicious men in boxing. So many fight people are gentle. That's part of the paradox. "It's vicious," he repeated, "but I just happen to be a person who likes boxing. I can't explain it. No, I don't mind talking about Ernie, because I never for a moment forget Ernie anyway...