Word: planet
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Americans must still nearly always do so in English. Parochialism keeps Americans well insulated; most do not possess even a working knowledge of another language, and few have felt any compunction to learn even the metric system, despite its use by nearly every other nation on the ever-shrinking planet...
...third film "If You Love This Planet," resembles previous films featuring anti-nuclear activist Caldicott, presenting an emotional plea to end the suicidal arms race. Comparable films, such as "Seven Minutes to Midnight," have been shown to Justice officials numerous times before. But perhaps this time they were offended by the inclusion of a clip from "Jap Zero," a film in which Reagan, as a combat flyer, asks, "How soon do I get a chance to knock one of them down...
...literature and a standard issue adult novel. The books which have brought her renown are a trilogy of semi fables about space, time and the forces of darkness, seen through the eyes of young adolescents: A Wrinkle In Time. A Wind In the Door, and A Swiftly Tilting Planet. Though filled with unexpected plot turns, all three of these adventures are held together by a guiding sense of larger purpose-not only of the author but of the universe. Of her other works-a series of family stories, a few volumes of poetry, memories and novels for audiences of various...
...Wrinkle In Time and other early work, that sense of sanity transforms wild adventures from planet to planet, from era to era, or across the continental U.S. into graceful journeys towards adulthood and understanding. In Katherine Vigneras' world the characters suffer the distractions of war out accidents castration, and absence phone calls, but amid the confusion children grow in wisdom: understanding parents discuss the family's harmony and the best solace: and people of all ages are relaxed and inspired by classical music...
...visit more obscure French art projects in provincial towns. In a burst of chauvinism that seemed calculated to stir Third World sympathies, Lang called, at a UNESCO conference last summer, for a crusade against U.S. cultural "imperialists" who "want to impose a uniform way of life on the entire planet." In response, Lang prescribes government subsidies for local talent, and favors requiring that 60% of films broadcast on French television be French produced. His attacks on American films, which dominate French television and movie houses, have astonished many cultural leaders in France. They argue that American influences have stimulated French...