Word: realisms
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While their strategic conceptions may lack a certain realism, the Greens have managed to introduce many important concerns into the political arena. In their present form, provided they don't grow too powerful or become specifically anti-Parliamentarian, they are a sign of healthy democracy in West Germany...
...five-nation swing, Shultz sees more realism and hears less rhetoric...
Prime Minister Pieter W. Botha called it "a new era of realism in southern Africa." Although it was only a first, tentative step toward ending the hostilities that have torn the region for decades and prevented neighboring Namibia (SouthWest Africa) from becoming independent, there were hopes last week that this time peace might really be attainable. Starting immediately, Botha announced in Cape Town at the opening of the session of Parliament, South Africa was disengaging its forces from Angola. The statement was itself a good sign; in the past, South Africa has always denied that it even had a military...
...skin. Yet the whole unlikely scene is anchored by one riveting device: Titian must have seen boar hunts in the woods around his native Cadore, and the satyr is strung on the tree like a wild pig ready for dressing, every stiff hair on his matted legs contributing its realism to the myth. On the right is another of Apollo's victims: Midas, the Phrygian king who voted against Apollo in another music contest and was given ass's ears by the angry god. His face is Titian's self-portrait...
...trite and overused in themselves, our reactions most likely stem from the cynicism and self centered values Innaurato is attacking. Perhaps this is the true serious social message of passions. While watching the lives of the characters unfold, fueled part by humor, part by drama, we see a certain realism beneath the cliche, cardboard characters. We can feel some of Aggy's pain, brought to life by Lynda Robinson in a strong, almost poignant performance. Our lives are a mixture of both comedy and tragedy; perhaps neither can rise to gradiose levels in the common man, but the feelings...