Word: weaknessness
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The second couple consists of Sabina, who remains in Switzerland, and her intellectual lover Franz, Sabina, fond of infidelity, leaves Franz just as he leaves his wife for her. Franz, whose unfulfilled love for Sabina makes him more beautiful than before, attracts a student mistress whom he loves in Sabina...
Kundera lends his complete sympathy to Tereza, and his analysis of her condition prevents the reader from hating her weakness. Unity of sensibility is impossible for Tereza, for:
A. Of course. Our weakness is our system of coalitions, with its small parties. Whoever wins needs the support of the small groups, and these groups do not have national responsibility. In some cases, one or two votes can have a tremendous effect on the fate of the government. We...
The mixture of history, passion, miscalculation, national pride and personal egotism that produced a "little" war that everyone knew was senseless and avoidable also contains the ingredients for a much larger conflict. Last and first, the Falklands war was caused by the original miscalculation on the part of the Argentinian...
(15 of 24) might produce greater security at less risk. It is the duty of any Administration to listen to the messages contained in great popular movements and to try to understand their deeper meanings. But if the demands of a popular movement are likely, if adopted, to bring about...