Word: violent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sheehan spent nearly two years with Santana and hardly penetrated the pedestrian facts and figures of her life. Her view of welfare through an entirely material lens is tragically blind to the violent conflict and controversy surrounding the welfare system today...
...than a liberal critique of American society; pointing to the vast economic gulf between rich and poor, he advocates the transformation of our social and economic structure as a prerequisite to the establishment of a truly representative government. The senators cry revolution, yet Prescott's revolution is not "the violent over-throw of the government" but rather...
...East and Central Africa till Feb. 18,1975, when I resigned of my own accord, having reached my 92nd year. I credit my vitality to this service, exercising mind and body. I played squash till I was 73 and swam till I was 87, but have now replaced violent exercise by taking two walks a day. Incidentally, both President Kaunda of Zambia and the Queen of England honored me for my service in Zambia. So I can recommend that the elderly carry on with their work as long as health and a demand for their services will allow them...
...answer to Beverly J. Walsh's letter, I will gladly carry the weight of those executed who are later proved innocent. It will be infinitesimal compared with the weight carried by the victims of violent and senseless crimes...
Much of the confusion is Marre's fault. Her Kate is as easily distracted, inconsistent and uncontrollably violent as a child. Although she begins with a convincing psychological blend of jealousy (towards her sister) and craving (for Baptista's love), Marre fails to weld any emotional links. After her meeting with Petruchio, the first man who has ever silenced her--he answers her rails with songs and her frowns with eloquence--she is completely unimpressed. And when, after their hasty wedding, Petruchio determines to go home to the country, either with or without her, Marre vacillates too thoughtlessly between yielding...