Word: reflectivity
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ideology of revolution must reflect the temperament and social conditions of the time. But it must also yield the revolutionary a new perspective on his society. We can neither abolish, nor permanently accept our governmental and economic institutions. A successful revolutionary movement must have a compelling plan for dealing with the grave injustices which those institutions inflict upon us. It is here that Revolution American Style fails. Without a cogent plan, whatever "American" spirit there is within us remains academic. The Revolution of 1976 will be inoperative...
...bloodshed, the election gives Ulster the opportunity to replace the Protestant-dominated Stormont Parliament, suspended 15 months ago, and to establish for the first time a legislature in which both Protestants and Catholics can share power. The new 78-seat provincial assembly will rule through committees designed to reflect various party views. Britain's Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, William Whitelaw, will keep control, for the time being, of all police and security matters...
...instructions to the deans of the various faculties last winter, regarding the setting of projections, President Bok said that the figures "may reflect faculty-wide totals...
Party coalition might have found itself back in federal power. The Liberal Party demonstrated its strength at the state level last month by increasing its majority over Labor in Victoria. Australian state elections often do not reflect federal voting patterns, but Whitlam had incautiously characterized the Victoria contest in advance as a sounding board for his policies...
...even inaccurate scuttlebutt may convey a psychological truth, because many rumors are "symbolic expressions of feelings." "If rumor says that Joe is quitting, this may mean that his associates wish he would quit," or it may reflect a general-but sometimes unconscious-awareness that Joe desperately wishes he could quit...