Word: brutality
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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While pretending to capture the air of cynicism and moral defeat that has arisen in the age of Watergate, Hollywood producers have seized on the opportunity to create brutal action epics, devoid of sense or feeling save the kick of violence. Audiences could once turn to the screen for fables of certainty; directors like John Ford obliged them with sagas of just men fighting for a righteous citizenry. Now we are not even asked to lament nostalgic visions of an idealistic America. With-it Hollywood hacks would simply have us snicker at the degradation that seems to be surrounding...
...were quick to denounce the brutal coup in Chile in September and since, along with Seth Kupferberg have detailed the brutality of the regime. By now it should be clear to everyone--no matter what were their opinions of the policies of Dr. Allende--that the present regime seeks to enslave a people and quash all humanitarian impulses with unspeakable cruelty...
...unmistakable conclusion. Little by little the tentacles of Western society creep further from the cities into the countryside, strangling off the traditions inherited from the Indian past. It is because of its geography that Bolivia has eluded the grasp of modernism for as long as it has. Its brutal altiplano in the west, its gaping valleys in the center and its impassable jungles in the east have made efficient communication and transportation almost impossible until very recently. But, with economic progress and the importation of technology from abroad, the once-isolated countryside is becoming increasingly exposed to the Western life...
...every sign of remaining just that for a long time to come. Aside from its one lucrative industry, diamond mining, the country's most striking feature is its ruler, Jean-Bedel Bokassa, 53, a former sergeant in the French army who may be the continent's most brutal tyrant...
Powers has been giving fencing lessons at Radcliffe for 14 years. He specializes in the conventional art forms of fencing with emphasis on grace, manners, and style. "Modern competitive fencing is more brutal," he said, "I don't really like the direction fencing is going...