Word: meant
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...white men in this picture seem like stereotypes, and Duff's father-in-law like Uncle Tom himself, it's clearly because playing a stereo-type means playing it safe in the South. But this film isn't meant to be an argument or a case history. It is particular; it asks us to be Duff Anderson for 92 minutes. Where D. W. Griffith, for instance, appealed to the fears of a group, this movie appeals to the aspirations of individuals...
...anti-Americanism came a surprising grace note. Meeting in the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott, 13 former French colonies formed the Commune Africaine et Malgache and roundly condemned interference by anybody-notably including other Africans-in the internal affairs of other African states. Lest there be any doubt what they meant, they "solemnly affirmed the urgent necessity to bring peace to Congo-Leopoldville and aid to its legal government." It was the first kind African word for Moise Tshombe in a long time...
...town, an enraged 65-year-old pension applicant whipped out a pistol and killed a go-slow clerk when she foisted still another form on him and suggested that he return in a few days; it was the fifth time he had been put off, and each refusal meant a 70-mile round trip from his home in the countryside...
...drawings), as well as the No. 1 training ground for aspiring curators (his students have run, among many, Manhattan's Metropolitan, Boston's Fine Arts, Washington's National Gallery), teaching them above all else to upgrade the quality of their museums' art-even if it meant selling the trustees' favorite paintings; in Cambridge, Mass...
Presumably the decision-making in Washington know this story. They occasionally say that we are fighting to keep South Vietnam free and independent, but this is not meant to be taken seriously. Their real reasons for continued involvement are three. First, they tell us that if South Vietnam falls, soon the rest of Southeast Asia will fall to the Chinese Communists. Second, if South Vietnam falls, those Communists who advocate the use of force to extend Communism-primarily the Chinese-would be strengthened. Third, American prestige would suffer a serious blow if we leave South Vietnam...