He writes with a muted elegance, a reluctance to
join battle with--or even explore--anything on the current scene.
Making Americans: An Essay on Individualism and Money
Umberto Eco, for example, contemplating the mass suicide by members of the People's Temple, observers that while in other countries social insecurity is allowed to take on more positive forms - revolution, struggles against tyrants, even nonviolent martyrdom, here "there is now no central object against which to
join battle." The search for the alternative cult therefore becomes frantic: "California is a paradise cut off from the world, where all is allowed and all is inspired by an obligatory model of `happiness' (there isn't even the filth of New York or Detroit; you are condemned to be happy).
West of the West: Imagining California
On the battlefield of Kurukshetra, Arjuna, one of the Pandava brothers, is dejected and confused and hesitates to
join battle with his kinsmen, the Kauravas, mainly on the ground that to take another's life is not acceptable.
Bhagavadgita
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The Richard Hannon-trained duo Toormore and Night Of Thunder finished fourth and fifth behind Solow at Ascot and could, weather permitting,
join battle again.
Gleneagles 'is in great shape' for Sussex duel
Postmen, plumbers, scaffolders, teachers and at least one rabbit minder
join battle with League clubs in the FA Cup first round, knowing they could be 180 minutes from a dream trip to Old Trafford in the third round.
Cogan's ferry happy to be main man for Dover; IN ASSOCIATION WITH BARRY COGAN: Dover and ex-Millwall Cup Finalist
INSIDE The families of these babies
join battle to keep ST SPORT the transfer to havealso calling for again at the "We want the politicians in charge to listen because the health board won't.
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Why does the body go into a
join battle retreat, There's a fortune awaiting that pill to defeat.
Readers' Poems
But it is unusual to hear female voices yelling "Allah Akbar" as they signal their intent to
join battle.
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With Labour bracing itself for another ballot-box hammering, David Cameron taunted the Prime Minister for lacking the "courage" to
join battle.
'Liability' Brown is 'hiding in bunker'
He would talk about getting the knuckle dusters sharpened up to
join battle.
'Sides need a hard man'
As the soldiers parted, a Saxon armoured vehicle charged the rioters ( but still they returned to
join battle, chanting and shouting in a hail of missiles.
Doing it the Howards' way
THIS is the first look at a car that will
join battle in a sector dominated by the mighty Ford Focus and Vauxhall Astra.
First look at new Dodge; Unveiling of Caliber marks the launch of brand in Europe
And the raiding party, based at Geoff Wragg's Newmarket stable, are not ready to return home yet as a crack at the Golden Jubilee is a distinct possibility - he is a 61 chance with Coral for the sixfurlong dash, in which he will
join battle with Henry Candy's flying filly Airwave.
RACING: Perry eyes Golden prize on Saturday