Word: seems
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...prosperous '90s, middle-class Americans seem inclined to ruminate about matters of soul and spirit, about doing good in addition to doing well, and politicians are responding by wearing their religion on their sleeves and offering slogans like George W. Bush's "Prosperity with a Purpose." But Bradley's spiritual pitch differs from his rivals' in two important respects. First, he was offering his brand of cosmic humanism long before the political consultants realized people might be receptive to it. Almost two years ago in Greensboro, N.C., I watched him transfix 1,200 people at a volunteerism conference with...
...little town in central Taiwan has long been known for its butterflies as well as its Buddhist temples, its scenery and its rice wine. If you could forget that Puli, along with the rest of Taiwan, sits directly atop the juncture of two great tectonic plates, the town would seem idyllic...
...radiates intelligence. Even through a translator, he makes Marxism-Leninism seem a living, exciting thing. He is responsible for the spiritual and ideological well-being of 1.3 billion Chinese (a flock that, in status-obsessed China, would make him 30% more powerful than the Pope of Catholicism). As director of the Research Institute of Marxism-Leninism at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Fu Qingyuan ministers to everyone from government officials to the nation's academics. At his fingertips is the apparatus of one of the most powerful state information machines in the world, and it can all be harnessed...
Tibet at that time was very, very backward. The ruling class did not seem to care, and there was much inequality. Marxism talked about an equal and just distribution of wealth. I was very much in favor of this. Then there was the concept of self-creation. Marxism talked about self-reliance, without depending on a creator or a God. That was very attractive. I had tried to do some things for my people, but I did not have enough time. I still think that if a genuine communist movement had come to Tibet, there would have been much benefit...
...short-sleeve shirts stick to the bulging middles of the bureaucrats. Edmund Morris and I ducked into the coolness of the F Street Club. Edmund had driven over from his Capitol Hill town house in his new Jaguar sedan. But even the soothing luxury of the club didn't seem to console Edmund...