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...government is lucky to have such people; they take every outrageous government blunder as evidence of a brilliant covert strategy. In the case of Sheik Rahman, the government had no strategy, covert, overt or otherwise...
...case of Sheik Rahman, the government had no strategy, covert, overt or otherwise...
Most of the movie eschews overt violence for its much more satisfying alternative -- the threat of violence. The guts and gore are seen mostly in the viewer's lurid imagination. That is why Jurassic Park slips so neatly into its PG-13 rating. "I do think this movie is inappropriate for children under 13," Spielberg says. "In general, though, I think children are more traumatized by violence that can be re-created in a natural setting: a movie about child abuse or a movie about murder. This is a movie that not only can't happen, but can't even...
...Harvard's image as a racially charged campus discourages. Black admits from matriculating; in fact, some of the prospective first-years interviewed last week say they have already encountered overt racism on the Harvard campus...
PEOPLE INFECTED WITH HIV, THE AIDS VIRUS, MAY not show overt symptoms for years. Even so, they are often given AZT, a drug believed to lengthen the lives of those with full-blown AIDS. Several studies have shown that AZT can delay the onset of symptoms, though it doesn't prevent or cure the disease...