Sentence:  Harold Clurman is right to say that `` Waiting for Godot '' is a reflection ( he calls it a distorted reflection ) `` of the impasse and disarray of Europe 's <WSD>present</WSD> politics , ethic , and common way of life '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration