Word: givens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Garry, who said he "hadn't given much thought to someone non-white auditioning," stressed the importance of the plot in his decision...
Surrounded by talented actors, blessed with a master cinematographer and given a fascinating story, The Judge and The Assassination seems to have all the makings of an outstanding film. Unfortunately, Tavernier loses his nerve when the real dimensions of the psychological theme loom before him. Rummaging through the props closet of King of Hearts and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Tavernier merely dusts off a confusing collection of cliches. Most of the film has an aura of impenetrable mystery overlaid with a veneer of hastily added political significance. The whole production reeks of a talented artist lost...
...Communication is always central and given this institution, communication is designed to be confusing," Simone Reagor, director of the Forum said last night. The Forum serves to maintain a sense of the Radcliffe community through University-wide activities...
...people of this land. I greet all Americans without distinction; I want to meet you and tell you all--men and women of all creeds and ethnic origins, children and youth, fathers and mothers, the sick and the elderly--that God loves you, that he has given you a dignity as human beings that is beyond compare. I want to tell everyone that the Pope is your friend and a servant of your humanity. On this first day of my visit, I wish to express my esteem and love for America itself, for the experience that began two centuries...
...first talk, on July 9, by tacit agreement we did not press controversial issues to the hilt. Taiwan was mentioned only briefly. But at the next day's session the mood was different. With very few preliminaries Chou recited a fierce litany and closed with a challenging question?whether, given our vast differences, there was any sense in a presidential visit...