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...invade Nicaragua, we have, of course, to win or lose. If we lose, we lose big, as in Vietnam, but more humiliating because of where Nicaragua is. If we win, we conquer the territory. If we conquer, we have to administer, either by ourselves or through a new creature of our imagination and potency such as the Somozas were, we can turn Central America, Mexico and much of South America into potential enemies and therefore into--by our own definition of enemy--Communists...

Author: By Peter Davis, | Title: Contra-ctual Obligations | 5/11/1987 | See Source »

...Brantley Foster, come to conquer the business world. His uncle (Richard Jordan) runs a vulnerable conglomerate; his inamorata (Helen Slater) is the boss's minor squeeze; the older woman who beds Brantley is the boss's wife (Margaret Whitton). And now that we have the farce machinery purring, let's kick it into high gear. Naaah, why bother? Director Herbert Ross and Writers Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr. and A J Carothers know this picture exists only as a mobile Michael J. Fox poster, suitable for display on the bedroom walls of twelve-year-olds named Cindy. Secret earned nearly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Coping with the Cute Factor | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

Percy extends the metaphor to man. We all drink the water. We're all zonked out on our separate somas. But Percy's kiddie-porn portrait shocks without edifying. The metaphor, a valid one, is too sensationally packaged. Why stoop to conquer? Why exploit to elevate? Percy's better than this...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: Thanatos Is Comin' to Town | 4/24/1987 | See Source »

Axelrod said he thinks his young band has a good chance to conquer its competition in the battle...

Author: By James H. Colopy, | Title: Rhythm Method to Go To Battle of Bands Final | 4/10/1987 | See Source »

Unlike most mad scientists, however, Dewitt's object is not to conquer the world with zombies brought back from the grave, nor to steal the brain of a buxom virgin; no, Dewitt aims much higher than those petty goals. His intention is to fuse the breath of life into the lost casualties of Hollywood...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Dewitt | 3/12/1987 | See Source »

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