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...year. Unfortunately, the Public's loyalty does not always result in illuminating productions. Temptation retells the Faust legend and evolves into a grimly believable portrait of life in a police state. This scientist who dabbles in black magic reaps only petty pleasures, while his demonic bargain leads him to mistrust friends, denounce colleagues, deny his beliefs and pledge to become a spy. Director Jiri Zizka, a Czech emigre, adds a mysterious high-tech gloss but stints on emotion. So do most of the cast, especially the bloodless David Strathairn in the lead. Still, beneath the expressionistic spectacle is an intimate...
...consequence of the protest, according to Epps: A basic mistrust developed between students, who felt the administration had betrayed them by calling in outside police, and administrators who justified the act by saying that, in the words of then-President Nathan M. Pusey '28, "The survival of the University was at stake...
...conflict cut to the heart of Muslim and Judeo-Christian values, with centuries of cultural misunderstanding and mistrust finding a flash point in Rushdie's novel. After Khomeini's call to murder, many Muslim leaders worldwide disagreed with the ferocity of his action, but none had a friendly word for Rushdie, his literary intentions or his right to free speech. To be sure, few of his prosecutors had read the book, as the author pointed out repeatedly; most seemed to feel they had learned enough from printed excerpts or merely word of mouth to convict the author of blasphemy compounded...
...influx of Central American refugees fleeing war-torn El Salvador and Nicaragua and economically-crippled Mexico has generated just as much mistrust and fear from Catholics as from any other group. Although Church social teaching says that when a country cannot provide the basic necessities of life, its citizens should be free to emigrate to those countries that can, Catholics have been as reluctant as other religious groups to denounce restrictions on emigration from Central America...
...dispute surrounding Asian-American admissions has also been characterized by mistrust and a lack of communication. The admissions office and its accusers have bandied statistics back and forth without adequately explaining and discussing such basic issues as the priorities of the admissions committee...