Word: darkeness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...left equally in the dark about Markham and Bayliss, by far the movie's most interesting characters. Ultimately, the picture disappoints not because it is bad or stupid, but because it is dull. With such a timely and important topic, it's unfortunate that Defense of the Realm is plagued by the humorless heavy-handedness that so often mars movies dealing with contemporary politics...
...legend goes that Valentine's Day originated in the Dark Ages, when the Bishop of Terani and a priest in Rome were both jailed for their heresies during the prosecution of Claudius the Goth. Both] named Valentine. The two clergymen decided to launch a campaign for their freedom and wrote many letters to citizens. protesting their imprisonment. One of the two men became a saint and the tradition of sending letters on his birthday continued over the ages...
...UNITED Nations and its partisans have been mounting an energetic campaign to protect the world organization from the treatment it gets in an upcoming television mini-series. The reason? The series--Amerika--is a demented fantasy of an America cowed by a Soviet-controlled contingent of dark-skinned U.N. "peace-keeping" troops...
...constructive step, it is nonetheless only a first step. The Ad Board's evidence-gathering procedures are still in need of reform. Even with the latest reforms, still only the Board itself--and not the students accused--may call witnesses. And students will continue to remain in the dark about the persons who testified against them, a practice contrary to the spirit of the American Constitution...
Throughout the dark nights of unreason, May never tries to explain the horror. The real horror, he knows, is that it cannot be explained. Nor does he permit himself any self-pity or sensationalism. The first time he panicked throughout the long ordeal, he writes, was when he had to rush his pregnant sister to a hospital three days after their bewildered arrival in Washington. Assisted in that sudden release and encouraged to learn English by British Poet-Journalist James Fenton, whom he had met in Phnom Penh, the author, now 29, gets it all down with a straightforward vividness...