Word: intentionally
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Seymour spends each day slaving away in Mushnik's shop, kept alive by his two loves: botany and Audrey (Ellen Greene), the dipsy platinum blonde store clerk. One day Seymour buys a mysterious plant from a Chinese merchant--a plant we later learn has come from outer space with intent to conquer the world...
...emergency rule in an effort to quell rising racial unrest, the government of State President P.W. Botha now sought to shroud the country's apartheid-torn society in a veil of secrecy and intimidation. Though the move was aimed principally at curtailing the domestic and foreign press, its overall intent was to cut off South Africa, its people and its fate from the eyes and concern of the outside world...
...oppose the regime. Newspapers can no longer even leave spaces where material has been removed. The restrictions are too Byzantine to describe in full, but the net effect is that the South African government now controls everything that is published or broadcast from that country. The government's intent is clear: to censor the fact of censorship, to so limit access to information that whites will have no idea of the scope of unrest in Black areas. That goal may seem implausible to foreigners, but apartheid means "separation" for a reason. With few exceptions, there is no indication of unrest...
PROPOSED CORE COURSES must go through an elaborate review process before being accepted. The Core Committee rejects most of the proposed courses it scrutinizes. Consequently, professors are well aware of the intent of the Core and generally understand how their course fits in with its approach...
Teaching fellows, however, are another story. While they are knowledgable in their own disciplines, they are too often ignorant of the Core and its larger purposes. They receive no training in the intent or philosophy of the Core and are consequently likely to view a Core course precisely as they should not--as little more than an introduction or a survey...