Word: alienate
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...true story about that kid who claimed to have encountered a space alien from the planet Zarg in William James Hall, and shortly after disappeared and was never heard from again...
...they're eager to see women fight back by whatever means necessary. Probably it all started when Louise -- or was it Thelma? -- dispatched that scumball would-be rapist in the parking lot of a bar. In fact, we can't get enough of warrior-woman flicks: Sigourney Weaver in Alien, Linda Hamilton in Terminator II, Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct. These are ladies who wouldn't slice anything off, one suspected, unless they meant to put it straight into a Cuisinart...
Many of us forget that Hanukkah celebrates the revolt of Jews who rejected assimilation, and tore down the alien symbols from their temple. Hanukkah is not a holiday that fits well with Master Dowling's vision of "celebrating together," or the quaint image of Hanukkah candles next to a Christmas tree...
...what is being billed as the final installment in Stone's Vietnam trilogy ("Platoon," "Born on the Fourth of July"). Based on the autobiographical memoirs of Le Ly Haslip, the movie chronicles the harrowing odyssey of a Vietnamese woman as she trades her war-torn homeland for an alien America. Jones, who plays Sgt. Steve Butler, Le Ly's jaded and abusive G.I. husband, says the film is "not about war, but more about the soul." The movie, which is written and directed by Stone, also stars Joan Chen ("The Last Emperor"), academy-award winner Dr. Haing S. Ngor...
...reality of immigration laws that sharply restricted the chances of Hispanic and Asians. They value less the dazzling engineering feat of the transcontinental railroad than the abuse of laborers. They see the culture that shaped America not as a desirable legacy to be embraced, but as at best an alien heritage and at worst a tainted pattern for elitism. As their numbers grow, they want other Americans to see things the same...