conjunctures

Instead, they are the heterogeneous, plastic, and contingent compound of actions, structures, causal mechanisms, and conjunctures that elude systematization and prediction.

Revisiting Popper Daniel Little 2009

Instead, they are the heterogeneous, plastic, and contingent compound of actions, structures, causal mechanisms, and conjunctures that elude systematization and prediction.

Archive 2009-08-01 Daniel Little 2009

The leaders of the Right said at grave conjunctures, “We must write to Bacot.”

Les Miserables 2008

The President is elected by processes which forbid the election of known men, except at peculiar conjunctures, and in moments when public opinion is excited and despotic; and consequently if a crisis comes upon us soon after he is elected, inevitably we have government by an unknown quantity--the superintendence of that crisis by what our great satirist would have called "Statesman X".

Bagehot on the American Presidential system 2008

The President is elected by processes which forbid the election of known men, except at peculiar conjunctures, and in moments when public opinion is excited and despotic; and consequently if a crisis comes upon us soon after he is elected, inevitably we have government by an unknown quantity--the superintendence of that crisis by what our great satirist would have called "Statesman X".

Archive 2008-11-01 2008

Much of their work centered on the history of structures and conjunctures long trends or processes; they were less interested in the study of events, histoire événementielle, as they called it.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Has it not happened to all of us, in certain supreme conjunctures, to stop our ears in order that we may not hear the reply, after we have asked

Les Miserables 2008

Much of their work centered on the history of structures and conjunctures long trends or processes; they were less interested in the study of events, histoire événementielle, as they called it.

Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

Many would have thought it an happiness to have had their lot of life in some notable conjunctures of ages past; but the uncertainty of future times have tempted few to make a part in ages to come.

Letter to a Friend 2007

There are conjunctures when this mingling of apprehension and ease, of aspiration and content, of timorous adventure and reflective indolence is the natural mood of even high natures.

Voltaire 2007