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Hlongwa emphasized that the apartheid government has not really made many changes in its traditional tactics of divide and conquer. He said that the government has not suddenly undergone a change of heart in its oppressive policies, but that it is merely buckling under the pressure...

Author: By Yin Y. Nawaday, | Title: South Africans Describe Strife | 11/14/1990 | See Source »

Royal Hunt of the Sun, directed by Jeremy Blumenthal, depicts the adventures of the Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro and his men as they attempt to conquer 16th century Peru, subdue the Incas, procure tons of gold and use the word "pissin'" as often as possible. Unfortunately, the quagmire of prejudice, greed and indecision in which Pizarro and his men find themselves is not engaging enough to entice the audience. This production is interminable...

Author: By Liza M. Velasquez, | Title: Royal Hunt Misses the Mark | 10/26/1990 | See Source »

...pregnancy and miscarriage that followed. Now she and Loyd fall into an affair that threatens to turn serious, not to say somber. He drives her about neighboring reservations and takes her to some ancient Pueblo villages. She begins to see a difference between inhabiting the land and trying to conquer it: "To people who think of themselves as God's houseguest, American enterprise must seem arrogant beyond belief. Or stupid. A nation of amnesiacs, proceeding as if there were no other day but today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Call of The Eco-Feminist | 9/24/1990 | See Source »

...infected with the AIDS virus," Max Essex, who is a professor of microbiology at the School of Public Health and chair of the Harvard AIDS Institute, said in the letter. "In doing so it threatens the free and open exchange of information which is critical to international efforts to conquer the AIDS epidemic, and it undermines the international conferences which have been so important in coordinating efforts to combat AIDS...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: University Threatens To Nix Sponsorship Of AIDS Conference | 6/25/1990 | See Source »

...every day must conquer them anew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sakharov: Years In Exile | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

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