Word: betrayals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that Hess arrived to propose a German-British pact, Hitler's Luftwaffe planes bombed London's Houses of Parliament. The revisionist versions in the diaries coincide with the Soviet version of World War II: an untrustworthy Britain, more at ease with fascism than with Communism, primed to betray its alliance with Stalin. On Saturday, however, the Soviet news agency TASS dismissed the diaries as "a dirty falsification" designed to promote fascism...
...nice thing about movie military academies is that nothing ever changes in them. At good old C.M.I. (Carolina Military Institute), the seniors still torment the plebes (here known as "knobs"), and one among them must betray his upper-classmates and violate the honor code in order to restore civility among the young gentlemen. So creaky is this convention that there is no attempt to make this story contemporary; it is set in 1964. Some novelties have been added: the rottenest hazers are a secret society leagued with the customarily bonkers commandant; their chief victim is the only black cadet...
...whole, The Boys From Syracuse may suffer just a little from its virtues. Perhaps the geniality and entertainment of the evening betray a certain lack of ambition on the part of the ART. Perhaps the cast could be working on more serious projects. But then again, as the two Dromios proclaim by way of introduction, "If it's good enough for Shakespeare, it's good enough...
...Watt himself is the extremist, concern for the environment has earned a firm position within the mainstream of American political opinion. By contrast. What's own recent shenanigans in Washington--such as revoking "protected" status for thousands of acres of land in the Midwest while Congress was in recess--betray a dangerous distregard for public wishes...
...stupid. Even when his life revolves around his favorite horse, even when he lives one ride at a time. Tex's surface optimism and case betray an underside of uncertainly and doubt. Throughout the film. Dillion speaks with a slight and seemingly natural drawl, his lines increase the film's realism. When his horse fearfully jumps away from a log. Tex says, "You've got some imagination in you for a horse." The "for a horse" seems superfluous, since Tex takes his Rowdie about as seriously as he does anything or anyone else...