Word: martin
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Last year's furor over the Martin Scorsese motion picture The Last Temptation of Christ demonstrated that Christians, particularly those who believe in the literal interpretation of Scripture, are similarly sensitive about fictional portrayal of the sacred, though their protest generally takes less violent forms. Even secular gods are sometimes held by their followers to be above scrutiny; in earlier times the Kremlin was notoriously thin-skinned about revelations concerning the private lives of Lenin and other members of the Communist pantheon...
...racial minorities, who make up 18% of the armed services. In New York City peace activists have fought proposals to introduce Junior ROTC into predominantly nonwhite schools. "The message we are giving kids is there is no place for you in mainstream society," says Linda Farrell, a teacher at Martin Luther King Jr. High School in Manhattan. "The only place is the military, where you can be cannon fodder...
...plot of Pelle the Conqueror is an adaption of the first of four volumes of a novel written by Martin Anderson Nexo. Lasse finds a position as a lowly stable hand on Stone Farm, which is owned by sexually promiscuous, bourgeois businessman. And though this is not the best of jobs nor the best of living accommodations, Lasse and Pelle try to hold on to their pride and their hope for a better future...
...obvious question is how to operate a University where people have tenure where their scholarship and teaching aren't reviewed regularly," says Dean of the Division of Applied Sciences Paul C. Martin '52, who sits on Spence's retirement committee. "We are studying what are the implications of various policy options and how they are available to the University...
...suffer losses, but that is almost an impossibility because it has been cleansed of its failing assets. Since FSLIC shoulders almost all the risk, the better Bass does, the less the deal will cost the Government. "We hope he makes a lot of money," says Bank Board member Roger Martin, who negotiated the sale. "We want him to be a success, because we don't want the company back...