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Tupac Amaru has always been something of a poor cousin to Peru's most infamous terrorist group, the Maoist-inspired Shining Path, which nearly succeeded in its violent bid to topple the Peruvian state in the early 1990s. Smaller than its notorious rival, Tupac Amaru drew inspiration not from China but from Cuba, and recruits from the countrys farthest shantytowns of the dispossessed poor. The organization's name has a bloody history. It first belonged to the nephew and heir of Atahualpa, the Incan King whom the Spanish conquistadores garroted in 1533. Tupac Amaru (which means "Royal Serpent" in Quechua...
There was no great movie of the year, no great play, no great fashion statement (no new look, no new old look), no great new television show. There was no major work of fiction, and the novel that drew the most attention was purportedly written by no one, who, when he fessed up to being someone, contended that his subterfuge did not matter...
...Harvard drew acclaim for providing pasta and vegetarian burgers daily at dinner, as well as for stocking a salad bar complete with grilled vegetables, fresh fruits and bagels...
...Star State, there are Americans forfeiting a good time out on Saturday night to stay in and catch another not very nuanced performance by the anachronistically masculine Norris. Now in its fifth season, Walker is regularly ranked among the nation's 20 most popular shows, and last week it drew more viewers than the much higher-profile NYPD Blue or Frasier. Conspiracy-minded fans of The X-Files, Fox's mercilessly hyped ode to paranoia, might want to note that each week Walker claims about 2.5 million more viewers than their show. Is there a reason that Walker gets...
...luck of the draw, the cast included two actors, Goldie Hawn and Alan Alda, who had singing experience. Another, Drew Barrymore, pleaded that she was "beneath the human limit" of musical competence, so Allen hired a nonprofessional to dub her voice. But the rest of the cast was both untutored and game, and the result is one of the nerviest experiments yet for a filmmaker who has already tried everything from surrealist fantasy to Ingmar Bergman homage...