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...they think does discriminate? Discrimination is not limited to a few evil "others" who are consciously aware of a malicious intent. The fact is that most racists--and bigots in general--are well-intended, friendly, good people. They hope that Blacks/Gays/Asians/Women/Chicanos get their rights. But as long as they refrain from actively attempting to transform their attitudes toward and assumptions about various oppressed groups, they will be providing de facto support for a maintenance of the status...
City residents voted two-to-one in a referendum last November to "refrain from investing monies" in companies linked to the South Africa government...
Forbert's songs often contain sensual imaginative passages, but he never extends his melodic inspiration through an entire number. The evocative refrain of "Make it all so real" is made numbing by sheer repetition. And he squelches another glimmer of inspiration, the opening bars of "Romeo's Tune" with similar redundancy. This song, the album's current hit, features a handful of lilting syntheziser phrases evocative of young lover's passion. Forbert can't vary these phrases, however; they recur ad nauseum...
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...that referendum contest, residents voted 15,442 to 7,480 to advise the city to "refrain from investing monies in banks or other financial institutions doing business in or with the Republic of South Africa...