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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have others, there might be some form of partition?an extension, perhaps, of the homelands policy?with greatly enlarged black states retaining some sort of confederal relationship with Pretoria. Demanding that South Africa move immediately toward one man, one vote, Ball points out, is futile; in the present context, the South Africans could not be induced to accept it, fearing that they would be swamped by a tide of black nationalism...
...doesn't have any more information than anybody else." Most scholars insist that the Constitution's strength lies in the "majestic generalities" that permit its adaptability to changing times. "In the context of 1868, the framers were reaching out very far to require equal treatment by states as to race," says Historian Harold Hyman of Rice University. "They left definitions vague, and that's good constitution drafting: leaving details to posterity." Adds Leonard Levy of Claremont Colleges: "We can't be governed by the dead hand of the past...
...West Point graduate, I found your report on the recent investigation of the military academy [Oct. 10] to be somewhat misleading. Specifically, the "classic dilemma [of] whether placing unauthorized articles in a laundry bag is an honor violation" when taken out of context is sure to be misunderstood. No cadet has ever been found guilty of an honor violation by simply having some proscribed item hidden in his laundry bag. Indeed, I employed that tactic myself on numerous occasions when looking for a good hiding place. If, however, a cadet lied about such an item, then he would be guilty...
...Harry Dorfman and Patty Woo are unfailingly faithful to Tom Jones's 1959 script, and that is the production's greatest weakness. The unabashed sappiness of the romance between Matt (Rick Farrar) and Luisa (Cathy Weary) demands an audience steeped in bad musicals to be funny. Out of historical context, the parody is too broad to be effective. Even the attempts at self-parody in the second act are unsubtle, and we keep wishing someone on stage will pull the plug, drain the syrup, and dazzle us with fast comebacks and some naked sarcasm...
...advances. Keaton has tackled a character in Looking for Mr. Goodbar who is virtually an antithesis of her previous roles. Her Theresa Dunn is a willing woman, to put it charitably, a closet nympho who repeatedly allows herself to be sacrificed to the discredited altar of machismo. Although the context in which she finds herself working is an unfamiliar one, Keaton delivers a flawless performance in her first leading role in a serious drama. The frustration and aimlessness of the Dunn character comes off in convincing fashion, and Keaton never shows any sign of shying away from portraying the depths...