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...could soon be doubly useful: it would provide an international cover for a politically risky increase in help from the U.S. and an impersonal institution that can insist on austerity in ways less damaging to Russian pride than peremptory instructions from teams of Western experts. In fact, many analysts urge that whatever form aid takes, it should neither humiliate Russians nor imply that they are no longer responsible for their own successes and failures. Michel Tatu, Le Monde's veteran Soviet expert, says, "The role of the West should not be overstated. In the end, it is the Russians...
...also continues to insist that he needs at least three hours of screen time to trace the dramatic transformations of Malcolm's life: from the street hustler who sold drugs and women into the charismatic spokesman for the Black Muslims who preached black self-determination and antiwhite rhetoric and, finally, into the orthodox Muslim who made a hajj to Mecca and embraced universal equality. The studio would prefer a brisk compression of the story. Twice in the past month, Lee and studio executives have faced off in shouting matches in which Lee cited Oliver Stone...
...victims of these assaults, the insinuation of a Japanese conspiracy begs the question: Who is conspiring against whom? Are the conspirators deceitful Japanese businessmen in suits? Or are the people who propagate these stereotypes and misconceptions--who insist that "they," whoever "they" might be, are the reason for "our" problems--the true culprits...
...duty, if you wish to become an educated citizen of the world, to acquire a smattering of "culture". It is probably because of people telling you things like that that you have never wanted to listen to classical music in the first place. They are the same ones who insist that you be able to rattle off composers and titles, opus numbers and keys, if you dare express an interest in, say, Beethoven's symphonies...
Concerned Neighbors of City Hall formed last month to protest certain alterations to the City Hall building which the members insist will deteriorate the quality of the neighborhood, according to Pamela Maus, one of the group's leaders...