Word: traitorousness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...author can understand Kim Philby not only as a traitor but as "an extraordinary, disappointed man who wanted to get his own back on the institutions that maimed him." Le Carré regards Soviet persecution of dissenters as one of the greatest contemporary evils (it is significant, he notes, that the Soviet Union has produced great spies but ngreat spy novelists). Yet his name appeared on an ad favoring British sanctuary for American Army deserters. Clearly such an author has not only written about but lived a central paradox. Allen Dulles, onetime head of the CIA, acknowledged the paradox when...
...they did not know where they were, he asks, where might they be? Scotland? Almost anywhere, he decides, including where they are: Hilary, a former high official of the British Foreign Office, is a traitor, and they are in a Russian dacha...
While some Israelis regard this individual as a traitor, he continues to hold fast to the stated goal of preserving the state of Israel, although perhaps in a form unrecognizable to many of his countrymen...
Shahak's enemies have accused him at various times of being a demagogue, a madman and a traitor. Amnon Rubenstein, dean of Tel Aviv University Law School, wrote in Haaretz, a major Israeli daily, in 1974 that, "Many of us rightly regard his activities... as a mental perversion, something which is so utterly disgusting that it does not even deserve comment." Rubenstein went on to say that although he would not put Shahak on trial for fear of making him a martyr, "I have no doubt that there is much evidence--at least prima facie -- that justifies bringing Shahak...
...Crucifixion, however, turns out to be Lucifer. The Evil One mingles with the Jewish street crowds and accompanies Judas on his mission of betrayal. In one of the few lines with a parallel in both versions, Judas now says, "Oh what cursed gold I received, turning me into a traitor." The 19th century text goes, "Oh cursed money I received from you, the Jewish rot, the scum." Schwaighofer has also added other new elements: a loudspeaker system and stage lights for nighttime performances...