Word: realm
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Travis elucidates Miller's central conflict, that between social standards and rights of the individual. On the toughest and touchiest of legal ground, accused is pitted against accuser in a private realm where testimony is merely personal, and a victim's deposition is easily manipulated and abused without corroboration. Even written confession becomes meaningless because it is given under extreme duress where relief is desirable at any price. The accused fights to save name and face without offending societal standards, but there is no way to win. It's either sell out or lose out, and the weak save themselves...
Therefore we immediately challenged these young firebrands to a public debate, sponsored by the IOP and HPU. Now, four months later, we still find AFARM to be wary of any communication outside the realm of Harvard's kiosks and bulletin boards...
...skills of Senate horse trading -- "you get my vote on bill A for your vote on bill B" -- are of no use, though, in building alliances at the court, where Justices attract support by shaping decisions to neutralize the doubts of wavering allies."Ideas are the coin of the realm, not trades," says Yale law professor Akhil Amar...
...restrictions, legislation and governmental tough talk has elevated the antismoking campaign to new heights. Before, it was a matter of health warnings, moral persuasion and segregation of the warring parties. Now smoking is in danger of being legislated virtually out of existence -- or at least shoved into the realm of behavior so socially reviled that it must be practiced only in private...
Harvard's newest force in the realm of drama, the Adams House Pool Theater Company, staged an ambitious effort to bring its dramatic vision to life in the hallowed halls of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum this past weekend. Unfortunately, the effort was not wholly sucessful. Having meandered thourgh the beautiful rooms of the Gardner Museum en route to the theater, sold-out audiences found themselves disillusioned at having to cram into an inconvenient space and strain their necks to catch a glimpse of the distant stage. Those who could see witnessed a still rough rendition of Aristophanes' most popular...