Word: humanity
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...genocidal Pol Pot regime is the most barbarous regime ever known in human history," Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach of Vietnam told the conference...
Under Customs rules, imported dolls are subject to a 12% import tariff, while toy soldiers are not. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has now upheld Customs, reasoning that, like other dolls, GI Joe is "a representation of a human being used as a child's plaything." But for little boys everywhere, said Donald Robbins, the firm's general counsel, "GI Joe is still one of the guys...
...thing about Communism is that it doesn't work. It tries to change human nature. This is its fundamental flaw. People are selfish. Give them an incentive to work, and they will. Give them a low-risk way to cheat on their taxes, and they will. We do, most of the time, what's in our own selfish best interest...
...both sides seem prepared to make the schools a political issue again. HAMAS, an Islamic resistance group, last week called for a general strike in the West Bank that for a time seemed to threaten the reopening of some schools. Still, human-rights advocates were cautiously optimistic that Israel's move would presage a softening of its attitude toward Palestinian education. "We are delighted," says William Lee, a spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which cares for Palestinian refugees. "Our main problem now is to make up for lost time...
Particularly outstanding performances--in an excellent cast--are given by Lee and Danny Aiello, who plays Sal, the owner of the pizza shop. Both succeed in their very human and confused portrayals of characters torn in many directions...