Word: subverts
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...Interiors. The contrast is all in favor of Altman. The people in A Wedding are capable of bursting their schematic bounds, of bouncing into wayward life and, in an odd way, undercutting the director's underlying message of disapproval. In the end, Altman the observant artist manages to subvert Altman the highly conventional social critic. -Richard Schickel
...days." To many of the students, she said, high school and college are archaic prerequisites for gainful employment. What really counts, they think, is contacts and good luck. Moreover, she observed, "not studying is a way of asserting oneself. There is a slave mentality of committing small sabotages to subvert the system...
...company concedes that sales took place but contends the chicanery was the work of three low-level employees who acted without the knowledge of senior executives. Disagreeing, a federal prosecutor accuses Olin of conspiring to "subvert the foreign policy of the U.S." If found guilty. Olin could be fined up to $510,000 and, far more important, lose its license to manufacture arms...
...Jerry Westerby--dubbed "the honourable schoolboy" for his noble lineage and his bookish manner--to snarl the operations of the Soviet spy network. In usual fashion, Westerby's mission takes him to Hong Kong and Indochina, into the middle of an international narcotics ring and a KGB scheme to subvert a pack of Red Chinese politicos--and unavoidably, into a few bedrooms as well. But somewhere along the way, Westerby begins thinking unsoldierish thoughts, railing not only against the moves of the high-handed CIA "cousins" he runs up against, but also against his own training and beliefs. What results...
Bakke decided to sue on the ground that he was a victim of race discrimination.* But the origins of his lawsuit are somewhat mysterious. An admissions officer at Davis, later fired, apparently encouraged Bakke to bring suit against the university. Was that an attempt to subvert the admissions program or simply an effort to get a court ruling on this complex issue? And why did the university virtually concede in court that Bakke would have been admitted in an open competition for the remaining 16 seats...