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...putsch leaders claimed that brute force was necessary to end Gamsakhurdia's brief, tyrannical rule. But they have set a dangerous precedent for the new republics. In overthrowing a popularly elected President, the Georgian rebels discredited the country's fledgling democratic institutions and opened the way for the kind of cyclical struggle between armed political clans that has hampered the growth of democracy elsewhere in the developing world. Says Soviet nationalities expert Paul Goble: "The idea that Gamsakhurdia is a fascist thug being replaced by liberals is nonsense." Not only is Georgia's own future clouded, but there...
Toer writes through the dreams and explanations of Minke, describing the jealous fits of Annelies's brother Robert, the resolute pride of her mother the Nyai (a Dutchman's brilliant concubine), and the machete-swinging brute force of their bodyguard Darsam...
...Some people talk of taking a child from his culture," says Patricia Maynard, a Canadian mother of three adopted children, two of them from Korea. "There is no culture or pride in orphanages, only a brute form of survival." Those who agree argue that international adoption creates small safety valves in countries that have more people than they can feed and house, and even that the practice shrinks the global village and increases bonds of international community and understanding...
Critics initially dismissed the show as "crash television." But viewers liked what they saw: good-looking people, fast action and high drama. Nowadays the producers keep the show fresh by regularly adding new games emphasizing agility and tenacity over brute strength. Sports magazine-style features, such as locker-room interviews with the gladiators and taped profiles of the contenders, have been incorporated for a more upscale look...
Both doctors are upscale variations on the standard family man of sitcoms -- the genial brute who must be taught some socializing lesson by the end of the half hour (and who will forget it before next week's show). Hurt and Fox must be purged of their aggressiveness, their flippancy, their maleness. Kings in their operating room, they must become serfs in the benign dictatorship of Nice. If this emotional brainwashing is redemption, then give us hell. These movies are hot-air balloons that deserve to be punctured -- preferably with a Black & Decker power drill...