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...East oil cutback, is Europe's relationship to the U.S. Is Europe, as most of its governments desire, to retain close economic, political and defense ties with Washington? Or, as the French maintain, must the Continent largely ignore U.S. interests? The French sometimes frame the choice in the context of continued hope for a united Europe. Said Premier Pierre Messmer: "Europe is not moribund." However, calling for "an extension of European cooperation, which we sincerely wish," he added that "it makes sense only in the affirmation of an authentic European personality." The French do not advocate withdrawal...
...Basque people, as well as the other peoples of the Spanish state," Añoveros wrote, "have the right to conserve their own identity and to cultivate and develop their spiritual heritage within a sociopolitical system that recognizes their liberty to do so." In the context of Spanish politics, those were daring words indeed. Madrid vividly remembers that Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, Franco's closest colleague and Arias' predecessor as Premier, was killed by Basque bomber-terrorists as he emerged from daily Mass. But Añoveros went on to regret that "sometimes people...
...creates a surrealistic context using real-life images," he said...
...dying military, then, is best documented when the context is the rest of American society. In an earlier day the sailors would have been symbols and heroes; now they're rejects and they know it. Here it's not Indochina guilt that touches them--the pain is that they wouldn't understand that--but they are puzzled and defensive in the real world. Maybe the most interesting scene in the film is when the soldiers meet some pant-suited women in New York who take them back to a dope party. The movie can't resist making them into religious...
When I say "Providence College," the first thing that pops into the average sports fan's mind is usually basketball. Most fans react to any mention of the "Friars" in a similar context, with mention of such P.C. greats as Marvin Barnes, Kevin Stacom or the immortal Ernie...