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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...succeeds because it is not a blanket statement about injustice and racism; it is about the lives of its characters. It is as much, if not more, about the relationship between mother and child than about the conflict between liberal journalist and apartheid-supporting police officials. Nor does it present an escape like the one in Cry Freedom that, while justifiable in reality, is suspect in the film because it praises running away from oppression...
REPUBLICANS will gather in New Orleans August 15-18 to present their case to the American people. Already trailing Dukakis badly, they desperately need to close the gap in the polls...
Velayati was in effect beaten before he began. Iran had delayed its presentation for two days while trying to round up the nine votes (out of 15) needed for condemnation of the U.S., but gave up and decided not to present a draft resolution. The Security Council session instead served largely to advance the presidential campaign of George Bush, who happily volunteered to present the American case...
Many of the sins that Brinkley describes as characterizing Washington before the war have not left us. And in the cold light of the present they have not a trace of charm about them...
...reduced the calcium loss to a degree that Ushakov calls insignificant. But other effects attributed to weightlessness are still cause for concern. "There is a general weakening of the immune system in a long-duration flight," Ushakov says. "When this happens, there is a danger that every microorganism present in the ship can cause infection...