Word: fortress
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...down. Bertolucci humbles his but is unable to create a tragic hero out of him, for Primo learns nothing, having known all along that he is slightly ridiculous. From his vantage point at the film's outset--living in an expensive villa modeled after the local medieval fortress--he realizes fully that his social status is out of proportion with hsi real needs. Still, no matter how ludicrous his self-image of the little man thrust into power. Primo feels no shame for his materialistic desires until circumstances force him to choose between the good life and his son Modest...
...generally are too shallow to interest adults. Dynasty, a promising maze puzzle based on the Chinese game Go, is too easy to be interesting. Cryptologic is a not-very-mystifying letter substitution code. Alien Invaders?Plus shows one imaginative quirk, a tiny figure that flees in terror when its fortress is destroyed, but otherwise is an uninspired copy of Space Invaders...
...immediate and nationwide suffrage; in Mozambique, Angola and most recently, in Zimbabwe, whites left in droves, fearing reverse discrimination. In the past five years, the white population of Zimbabwe has dropped from about 300,000 to 180,000. White desertion psychologically hurts remaining whites, instilling in many a fortress mentality. And the tremendous loss of skilled white manpower can devastate newly independent states. In many post-independent states, complicated machinery cannot be fixed because all the skilled repairmen have left. Only about ten skilled fitters and turners remain in all of Zimbabwe...
...matter how large that price might be, it is nothing compared to the price that would have to be paid to regain those blessings should they ever be lost." Indeed, although the U.S. and Europe are interdependent, Europe needs the U.S. militarily more than the U.S. needs Europe. Fortress America is an unattractive thought, but at least thinkable. Fortress Europe is unthinkable...
Ever since Libya became the personal fiefdom and fortress of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in 1969, it has been a treacherous place for Western oil companies to pump crude. In 1973 Gaddafi seized a 51% share of all U.S. oil operations in Libya and threw Texas Oilman Bunker Hunt out of the country altogether. But last week an oil company reversed roles and walked out on the colonel. Exxon announced that it was withdrawing all its oil and gas operations from Libya. The company will turn over to Gaddafi its 49% stake in oilfields capable of producing...