Word: paradoxical
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...result of it.” Panelist presented their viewpoints from their own publications or from life-experiences. “My main goal here today is I want you to understand the violence during the emergency in Kenya as a part of the colonial movement not a paradox,” said Caroline Elkins, a professor of history at Harvard and a former Radcliffe Institute fellow. The wide-ranging group of experts hail from esteemed positions in academia, nongovernmental organizations, and the military. The diverse nature of each panel gave rise to an exciting debate on the origins...
...Goodfellas: "[Henry Hill] loves it when the head waiters know his name, but he doesn't really have the stuff to be a great villain ... he wants the prizes, but he doesn't want to pay for the tickets. And it's there, on the crux of that paradox, that the movie becomes Scorsese's metaphor for so many modern lives. ... He simply uses organized crime as an arena for a story about a man who likes material things so much that he sells his own soul to buy them...
...driving force behind this production. Wellman adopts traditional dramatic elements such as the monologue but does so in a counterintuitive manner. For example, Raymond’s final speech during his “going-away” party attests to the playwright’s fascination with the paradox of language: the ability to say so much without saying anything at all. And as such, Wellman’s script could potentially have been a recipe for failure, as even a minor slip of the tongue could have detracted from the playwright’s original intent. However...
...that the writer lives through can somehow reflect in his work," wrote Czech novelist and playwright Ivan Klima, a contemporary of Kundera's in a Czech newspaper. "Perhaps only a subconscious need to come to terms with [an experience] can ignite the creation of great work. That is a paradox of creation and, in effect, of life itself." Speaking to TIME, Klima added, however, that while "any piece of biographical knowledge about an author can help in the interpretation of his work, it is not decisive." The Czech writer Jaroslav Hasek was " a drunk", Klima pointed out. "But he still...
...private institutions in a discussion of her new book last night at the Harvard Book Store. Garber—a world-renowned expert on Shakespeare, chair of the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies and director of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts—discussed the paradox of patronizing the arts, namely how benefactors can potentially stifle the creative freedom of artists. To a small audience, Garber said, “The arts are doubly patronized: we are supporting artists, but we are not granting them serious partnership.” She explained that art of all forms?...