Word: american
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...custody were not immediately identified but were believed to be South American...
President Bush's recent call for an escalation in the War on Drugs demands serious debate among the American public on how best to deal with this devastating social problem. While Seth Gitell is right to support greater Harvard participation in this debate ("Joining the War on Drugs," September 26), most of his concrete suggestions are worse than useless, offering more of the same flawed drug policies the nation has pursued unsuccessfully for decades...
...Gitell points out, the most tragic consequence of the drug trade is the toll it takes on innocent victims like Tiffany Moore, killed in crossfire during a shootout between rival drug gangs. More generally, the violence which accompanies drug trafficking victimizes entire neighborhoods, particularly in the African-American community, as the constant danger of crime drives private businesses to the suburbs and further isolates minorities in joblessness and poverty...
...film opens as a group of American combat soldiers stand before a C-130 transport plane ready to carry them to the Vietnamese front. A voice from above the plane perhaps that of their sergeant tells them that they are the best soldiers that America has to offer and that they are about to go out and teach a bunch of "communist gooks" to respect America...
...scene then briefly changes to a swamp in Vietnam where that group of American soldiers is quickly shot down by the Viet Cong. It changes again to a high school graduation in 1989 where the commencement speaker tells his audience in words hauntingly reminiscent of that wartime sergeant that the class of '89 is the best America has to offer and that by struggling hard, they can forge an America that the world will respect once again...