Word: condemn
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Director Hector Babenco succeeds in maintaining a posture of moral ambivalence throughout Pixote. If Babenco sheds no tears for Pixote's lost innocence, neither does he condemn the little criminal for his brutal atrocities. Though occasionally frustrating, this objectivity gives the film enormous credibility. Babenco reveals the truth; in this story, the truth is enough...
...Bellucci and Hackett, addressing the audience with this particular account of original sin, is electrifying. Nothing more is needed to drive the message through the spectator's heart than the voices of the hardened tart and her procurer, accusing yet beseeching, against the panorama of human misery. Tempted to condemn them, the audience finds itself at fault; it is a hard lesson to take, but a lesson it is, nonetheless. It stands as one of the high points of the entire production...
...most obvious goal for a patriotic Egyptian was to end British occupation. Sadat thus became an underground revolutionary and befriended German agents, whom he viewed primarily as the enemies of England and thus his allies. Later, he would condemn Nazi policies wholeheartedly...and convince most that the meant it. Yet Sadat was adept at insincerity--as evidenced by his adventures in and out of prison during and just after the war. How to judge wherein lies the truth...
...then a new representative process must be arranged. Of course, the democratic ideal should not be shunted aside on every minor occasion; nevertheless, when it will destroy much-needed organizations, it must be abrogated. In the case of the BSA, GSA and AAA, democratic representation in the council could condemn their organizations to continue to rely on small, self-raised funds. This must not be allowed; in fact their growth is so paramount that almost any method however heretical must be used to promote these institutions. Ideals do not have preeminence over people; the ideal must fit the needs...
...West's whole Africa policy is on the verge of collapse because of Washington's attitude," said a senior West German official. "South Africa is conducting an invasion, an act of aggression, and we feel the U.S. should have the courage to condemn it," said a French diplomat. The trigger for the complaints: the U.S.'s lone vote in the U.N. Security Council last week against condemning South Africa's massive search-and-destroy mission in Angola. The assault was aimed at guerrillas of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), who are fighting...