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There is no denying that II Grande Grido is a polemic. Santilli is clearly outraged and puzzled by much of the "scientific corruption" about which he writes-his appeals to the reader often betray a naïve faith in the inherent fairness of American society. Above all however Santilli is sincere. He has never learned formal English and admit from the start that his book is written in "broken" and "crude" language, but the issues he raises are so serious that they speak for themselves...
...soon as the party gets under way, it becomes clear that Brandon's need to prove his superiority makes him betray ever more obvious indications of his guilt. His choice of the nerve-racked Susan (Sue Kelly) as an accomplice, numerous slips of the tongue, and his unusually fervent advocacy of his ideology of the right to murder makes it inevitable that Rupert will suspect he has sired, more than an academic disciple. After inducing Susan to break down for the fifth time in the party--this time by confronting her with the murder weapon (a piece of rope)--Rupert...
Attacking Harvard for its investments in American corporations that do business in South Africa, Jackson said "all who sit here silent, living off...the scholarships, the comfort of this alliance, betray the oppressed...Morally it is decadent. It leads to a soul like a donut--with a hole...
Deaver and Meese are the immediate cases in point. Nothing the two have done has proven to be illegal, but both men have engaged in practices that, at the very least, betray a lack sensitivity to the ethical requirements of high office. One is hard-pressed to give the two the benefit of the doubt given the long list of sleeze that preceeds them: Hugel, Reed, Donovan, Wick, Allen...
Sometimes, at the end of a long day, Duarte's eyes betray an ineffable sadness. It is as if he alone were carrying the burden of his country's past and future. No one knows as well as Duarte how much remains to be done. The economy is still comatose. The war sputters on, always capable of flaring suddenly. And in the end, Duarte must cope not just with the wounds of the past five years but with a tradition of violence that is as old as the country. "The blood of dead peasants has not dried, time does...