Word: validation
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...after a month underground he left the country for London. After Saul's expulsion, Kenyatta, in an apparent reference to the ruby mine, publicly declared that no foreigner should be allowed to exploit Kenya's resources for his own private benefit. That is, no doubt, a valid general principle. But in this case it seems that the wealth of the mine is intended for private pockets, not the public welfare. With the Americans out of the way, the mysterious Criticos began mining rubies at Tsavo, continuing even after a Kenyan court had temporarily enjoined him from doing...
...recognize the grievances of OSTWS as valid, although we doubt that "Birth of a Nation" is such potent propaganda that it would foment race prejudice among college students or that a majority of the students attending our meeting came to cheer on the white oppressor. OSTWS should remember that in addition to "Birth of a Nation" we announced a screening of "The Great Train Robbery." Both are very early silent American films. Each in its way is a landmark in the development of film-making; each represents prodigious advances in film technology, direction and cinematography. The subjects...
Mustering a great deal of valid empirical evidence, and some less valid speculation, Spender explains the movement which, over the past century, led America to eclipse England in its long-held position of literary dominance. What Emerson saw as England's "immense advantage" --that American thoughts really belonged to Europeans--is now America's. England now finds itself being drawn to America for its "contemporary energy," says Spender, in the same way that Americans were drawn to England by the force of the past. Factors that have affected the slow changeover of roles include the Americanization of European literature begun...
Despite the whimsy of this story, sliding down bannisters remains a valid method of athletic expression. Since the advent of the two-story building, human beings have taken to their asses instead of tripping downstairs, great distance runners have borne the name "bannister" in celebration of the rival sport, and the term "bench-warmer" was bestowed on the American language by the particular frustration of second-string sliders who were forced to maintain more orthodox carriages during key bannister contests...
Burns says that a valid concern in supporting the liberation of oppressed peoples is that her group is being patronizing, but she adds that the liberation of others would be in "my self-interest...