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...presentation of witnesses and evidence, Fujimori was given the chance to speak, asked by the judge to enter his plea of guilt or innocence. After serenely requesting a bit of extra time, Fujimori launched into an outraged howl, screaming at the surprised courtroom that he had saved Peru and rejected out of hand the charges. "I totally reject the charges. I am innocent. I do not accept this accusation," he bellowed, before taking his seat...
Given the immense benefits and miniscule costs, we see no good reason to reject the creation of the Ph.D. program—save, perhaps, academic snobbery. The Faculty should embrace this opportunity to support the burgeoning field of film studies and approve the Ph.D. program...
...they walk along a street, his shoulders hunched and her arms linked in his, completely in love. But beyond the life and the myth, the film comes to grips with the very human experience of searching for self and meaning. As much as Dylan’s incarnations reject or hide from life, they always strive for fulfillment, whether through success, love, or God. At times, the film transitions abruptly and loudly between scenes—through a quick montage of the six faces or a surreal scene of fantasy or dementia—and the Dylan character...
...Rosada (the Pink House, or presidential palace) well into the next decade if not beyond. And in Colombia, supporters of conservative President and staunch U.S. ally Alvaro Uribe are clamoring to change their magna carta to give him a third term (which he has yet to say he'd reject) if not more. (This week's feud between Chavez and Uribe is a disheartening preview of democratators at each other's throats...
Chávez backers of course reject the democratator label. "Yes, the intent of socialism is that the collective interest predominate over individual interests," says Haiman El Troudi, director of the Miranda Center in Caracas, a policy research think tank set up by the government. "But if our agenda were Stalinist we would have imposed it by now. Instead we're subjecting these reforms to an election - totalitarian states don't do that." Bernardo Alvarez, Venezuela's ambassador to the U.S., concurs: "We're trying to create institutionality in Latin America precisely because its present institutions don't function...