Word: angela
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...valuable for opening up the line of communication between the federal government and the tribal leaders," said Angela R. Riley, a first year law student and a member of the Potawotomi tribe of Oklahoma. "The most interesting part was a discussion concerning reconciliation of tribal ideas and values in an adversary system...
Houston has not yet made the same mark with her acting. In Exhale, she wisely works as part of an ensemble that includes Angela Bassett, Lela Rochon and Loretta Devine. Bassett has most of the showy scenes (in one, her character sets her adulterous husband's belongings on fire), while Houston's scenes are quieter, less demanding (an emotional phone call to her mother, a slow dance at a party). Says author McMillan: "She's going to be a really better actress when she starts seeing herself as an actress and not a singer who acts...
...Gary Franks of Connecticut and Charles Rangel of New York, along with the leadership of the N.A.A.C.P., announced that they could not join Farrakhan no matter how laudable the event's goals, while some women's organizations raised objections to Farrakhan's exclusion of females. Said former Black Panther Angela Davis: "No march, movement or agenda that defines manhood in the narrowest terms and seeks to make women lesser partners...can be considered a positive step." Jesse Jackson, who may fear being eclipsed by Farrakhan, joined the march without hesitation, but others, from Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke...
...diffuseness of Riggs' work is not merely a reflection of subject matter, but also of a varied and erratic style. In addition to his straightforward, "talking-heads" style interviews with such luminaries as Angela Davis and Cornel West, Riggs also includes blurred and shaky MTV-style cuts, slow-motion ghetto shots and short sections of poetry and dance meant to express his own feelings on the subject matter. Dragging and distracting, the attempts at innovation merely seem scattershot and amateurish for this accomplished filmmaker...
Graves' book examines "the balance of power in Washington, D.C. and how power is often sexualized," said Angela Rushing Place, a staff assistant at the Radcliffe Public Policy Institute...