Word: humanity
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...majority opinion fails to make clear that Question 5 is a non-binding referendum that asks our members of Congress to demand that Israel end its violations of Palestinian human rights and the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, support the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in those regions and cut off that proportion of US aid used by Israel to continue the occupation...
...ally. The U.S. could and should attempt to use our leverage with Israel--which receives nearly half our overall foreign aid--to implement a land-for-peace policy. Even many Israelis believe this policy would be in the interests of all parties concerned, as well as crucial for preserving human rights...
...then moved to exploit a human tragedy into a political advantage, all the while capitalizing on those vestiges of racism to which his administration has given comfort. The repeated emphasis on the Willie Horton rape case is not about bringing out the differences between candidates; it is about bringing out differences between Americans--rich and poor, Black and white...
...also better equipped to deal with the world. Dukakis believes in the rule of law, and he favors negotiation over chest-beating. He even speaks the language of much of the rest of our hemisphere. Central to his vision of the world is a commitment to human rights. Dukakis would make South African apartheid a target, and he would not continue aid to the contras...
Unlike in many films, the human relationships here are complex and multi-faceted. Anna and Leo are in love, but there is more to it than sex and holding hands. There are also misunderstandings, anger, frustration and sometimes doubt. At one point, Leo criticizes Anna's attitude toward her life, saying she is not passionate about anything in the way he is about his sculpture. In defensive anger, she rails against him, crying that she doesn't need to be criticized "by someone as lucky as you are. Especially from someone as lucky as you, with the good fortune...