Word: anti-communist
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...drafted into the Soviet army in 1940, captured in the Crimea by the Germans in May 1942 and sent to a prisoner-of- war camp in Chelm, Poland. From there the trail becomes murky. According to Defense Attorney Mark O'Connor, Demjanjuk was then transferred to the pro- Nazi, anti-Communist Ukrainian National Liberation Army, and after the war was put in a displaced-persons camp. When he secured a visa to enter the U.S. in 1951, he concealed his military record and claimed to have spent the war years as a forced laborer for the Germans...
...stifle dissent; a rebellious teen is caught and brainwashed). But for the most part, the melodrama is muted, the mood somber and contemplative, the complexities rich. A KGB colonel (Sam Neill) turns out to be one of the movie's most articulate and charming characters. And, despite the anti-Communist theme, the film is a subtle refutation of Reagan-era optimism. These Americans, after all, are not can-do patriots but meek, dispirited folks who simply want to get along. "Just surviving," says Devin's sister (Christine Lahti). "No heroics, no strength of character, not even dignity...
...outside an air force base near Managua with hand-drawn maps and sketches of military installations hidden in his socks. He was promptly accused of spying. The self-styled mercenary, described by former colleagues as having a Rambo complex, claimed that he was the sole surviving member of an anti-Communist fighting force called the Phoenix Battalion...
There were suggestions in Manila newspapers that anti-Communist hard- liners in the military had helped undermine the peace effort. Though Aquino and Defense Minister Ileto favor negotiations, some military officers argue that compromise with the Communists is impossible and that the cease-fire only postpones the inevitable resumption of fighting. A study conducted by army intelligence and released last week concluded that a "cessation of hostilities" was a "practical impossibility" because the revolutionary principles of the rebels are nonnegotiable. Enrile uses that very argument to rally his supporters against Aquino; the officers suspected of involvement in November's coup...
...intended the Board of Overseers to become so passive and unresponsive. By charter and in spirit the board was intended to reflect the concerns of the larger community, which exercised considerable control over the selection of faculty, the president and the design of the curriculum. Although religious fundamentalists and anti-communist crusaders at times found seats on the board, in the end the existence of a democratically perpetuated governing body helped keep Harvard a strong, secular and diverse university...