The choice is never an easy one: parochial or class-conscious or national groups may be aroused to the highest passions; and they are numerous and diverse and often highly incompatible with one another and with the imperatives of the nation or the world.
The movie actually sets up, with a cool precision, the social mechanisms of sexual pursuit; as David writes, "the filmmakers believe in soul mates forever, and that kind of thing," but it's precisely because of their apparent faith in love that its clashes with the imperatives of desire come through with a surprising poignancy.
These may well have been formative influences because if Strauss's style is unshakeably laid-back and English, there is also a competitive, hard-nosed drive to win that has blended perfectly with the imperatives of a coach who not only represented Zimbabwe with brilliant accomplishment in Test cricket but also displayed a nerve and a conscience that flew beyond the boundaries of a cricket field.
This would mix a loyalty to classical religious texts with the imperatives of life in modern, multicultural, western societies.
CrossFit combines an aura of monkish asceticism with the imperatives of the hunter-gatherer: sugar and carbs are discouraged; meat, suffering, penance, and catharsis are prized.
The stress of reconciling one's desire to have a family with the imperatives of an élite job is a recurring theme in the novels.
To both camps, he was a consummate bureaucrat, dealing with the imperatives of privately advising public men about dangerous and fluid situations.
When Mr. Tanaka began working in the late 1950's, contemporary Japanese designers were trying to balance respect for the past with the imperatives of a commercially driven industrial society.
These moments have showcased a disarmingly candid side of Mr. Romney, but they have clashed with the imperatives of the carefully choreographed, modern political campaign.
