Word: historicizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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SEEING RED makes it obvious that its main characters could be our neighbors or even our relatives. But in removing the stereotypical connotations of the word "communist," the movie refrains from exposing many flaws of the communist movement. Klein explains, "We felt it was more important to convey to the...
Ever since the Reagan Administration began its behind-the-scenes diplomatic efforts in 1981 to secure independence for the predominantly black,, South Africa-controlled territory of South West Africa, or Namibia, it has insisted on one key condition: the withdrawal of some 25,000 Cuban troops from neighboring Angola. Last...
The problem with recreating such classics, however, is that they all follow a similar pattern. Most approach war from a conceptual, rather than historic angle, and though the circumstances surrounding each war are different, the issues and relationships--patriotism, love, familial obligations--all tend to fall along similar lines. Consequently...
To date it has collected more than $100 million. Its most impressive accomplishment is a galaxy of museums, theaters, gardens, historic monuments and a cinematheque along a stretch of the city wall extending down the Valley of Hinnom, called "the cultural mile." It serves Arabs, whose population has almost doubled...
Kollek's vision is not popular with all factions, but then no idea could be in such a disputed arena. Yet at its best, it tries to pull together this beleaguered city by developing its historic corridors not with freeways that tear up land and divide neighborhoods but with...