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...consider this a radical position, but recent reactions to the slogan have shown that many others do. In addition to the usual skepticism, responses have run the gamut from slight amusement to overt hostility...
Police forces in Chile, according to Amnesty, inflict not only routine beatings but also a gamut of abuses referred to in sardonic slang. El telefono (the telephone) consists of blows with the palms of the hands on both ears simultaneously; la parrilla (the metal grill) is an electrical shock administered to the genitals; el submarino or la banera (the submarine or the bath) is a treatment in which the victim's head is held under water almost to the point of suffocation. Says Grantham: "Torture does not occur simply because individual torturers are sadistic. They tend to be servants...
...most salient feature of Gaye's style was, as he himself, acknowledged, he was "always looking for something new." His albums continued to surprise by including songs that represented a large gamut of musical influences. His very proficiency made him seem timeless--it became hard to believe that anything would stop the continuing progression of successful Gaye albums, a legacy recently sustained by his Oscar-winning "Midnight Love." Hard to believe--as the evidence indicates--that the gospel-playing father who started Gaye's career would put three bullets into his son's chest, reportedly over "bad blood" between them...
AMERICANS IN PARIS or parisians in America are nothing new. The results have run the gamut from Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron waltzing past Dufyseque backdrops to the glitzy elegance of Diva to alas the little croissant establishment that is slowly swallowing up Harvard Square. Bob Swaim's new movie, La Balance, rates somewhere in between. While it takes place en frangais, the director seems to want to keep reminding us that it is American with its raucous combination of quick action violence coupled with seamy loves scenes. That desire turns out to be about as subtle as Clint Eastwood...
From compilations of European civil laws in the 15th century to records of early American stature laws governing relations with Indians in 1671, the room encompasses the gamut of legal history...