Word: reflecter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...coup. They may do even better in the 1970 presidential balloting. As a result, there are rumors that the Chilean military is receiving advice from brother officers in neighboring countries to seize on the Communist threat as an excuse to take power. Such reports may be groundless, but they reflect the concern in South America that democratic governments, whatever their shortcomings, are more threatened today by their protectors than by their enemies, as they attempt to wrestle with their social and economic problems in an era of turbulence and change...
...side of his army-backed regime, which still holds 1,800 Greeks in prison camps in the Aegean islands. He even denied the existence of the revolutionary council, which until recently was a stronghold of his more conservative opponents within the junta. His words-spoken in somewhat stilted English-reflect the complex and calculating nature of the former army colonel who now rules Greece...
...character and student body of Wellesley College should be drastically altered. Even putting students on Academic Council or on the Admissions Committee gives little guarantee that the college will become more diversified or accommodating to change. In short, student support for the COWI proposals would not have to reflect approval of the rhetoric behind those proposals...
...school that is quite different from the Wellesley of today One student's remarks typified much of the student reaction to such a change, "I'm satisfied with what I've gotten out of Wellesley. I don't feel that black students have any legitimate grievances." Her remarks reflect not so much prejudice as just a basic resistance to change...
Lowry is never completely in control of either his characters or his language. But the intensity and compelling honesty of his prose more than make up for his lapses. He creates only one character, the Consul--the other characters are interesting or relevant only to the extent that they reflect certain aspects of the Consul's personality. Still, that one character, obviously autobiographical, is drawn with such power that the others are rendered almost superfluous. Lowry's portrayal of the Consul's increasing inebriation throughout the day is in itself masterful--his distorted perceptions change subtly with each type...