Word: deaths
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...left a legacy of gothic tales obsessively concerned with characters she called "more or less primitive." The author displayed no biases. Blacks are sometimes sympathetic; just as often they bring trouble. The moral force of religion can be redemptive, or it can lead to violence and death. Women may prove enlightened, or they may be evil incarnate. Only one thing is certain: no good deed is ever forgiven, and that insight informs O'Connor's fictions with a perverse brilliance...
...mimic on-the-street realism. Goldman was way over his head in trying to reproduce the voices of Black men. "Basketball is both pastime and narcotic in the ghetto, the cheapest high on the street," or "James Bonner wasn't no fictional bad-ass like Stackolee or Sudden Death. James Bonner was the real thing," are but some of the most glaring examples. The writing improves as the story develops, and fortunately, the power of each man's personal experiences prevents this from being more than a minor annoyance...
ACCORDING to Murphy, opening night for the Spanish film showcase was a success. Roman Gubern, a Spanish critic, introduced the first film, Juan Antonia Bardem's Death of a Cyclist, to an almost sold-out theater. This 1955 Spanish classic, like the others in the festival, displayed subtitles...
Students from the Spanish F class were impressed with Death of a Cyclist's political undertones as well its dramatic impact...
...issues have lost ground in the campaign because there are few ideological battles left. People who hold an opinion on either side of any of the most gripping controversies in a campaign, like abortion, the death penalty or aid to the contras, are firm in their ideology--and thus in their presidential choice. Most people simply won't vote for a leader who disagrees with their stand on an issue basic to their view of the world...