Word: rife
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Rife as it is with themes of bureaucratization, class warfare, and anti-modernism, the film is not so much political as anti-political. Anderson does not offer even one mildly sympathetic character, much less any sort of ideological direction. Instead, he offers us a hopelessly nihilistic world in which labor. Tories, royalty, science, and the radical left all compete for their chance to rule incompetently and corruptly...
Kirkland House yesterday was rife with speculation as to the origin of the threatening phone call...
...Reagan Administration, meanwhile, is deeply dissatisfied with the performance of the Salvadoran military machine. Its commanders insist on broad and expensive battalion-size sweeps of the countryside, rather than the small-unit, anti-insurgent tactics urged by the U.S. trainers. The high command is rife with political infighting. Complains an official close to Reagan: "We have to deal with barracks politics as well as the attitude of 9-to-5 fighting...
...with a hodgepodge of equipment bought from many nations and are suffering from a lack of spare parts. Deep divisions are said to exist between the regular military and the poorly trained but highly indoctrinated Islamic Guards. Troop morale is waning, and some expatriates say absenteeism and desertions are rife. Said a U.S. analyst in Saudi Arabia last week: "The gulf war has become a terrible replay of World War I, in which each side launches a terrible offense only to be beaten back by an even more formidable defense. The result: stalemate...
...European children. Cheese and fruits are imported from France. Says Christian Coupechoux, the project director: "Sometimes we run out of beer and whisky, but we never run out of wine." Still, life is grim. Armed bandits, holdovers from the Sudan civil war of 1955-72, harass workers. Illness is rife; Coupe-choux's predecessor died early last year of malaria. Even more distressing are the unrelieved isolation, heat and monotony. Says Pierre Blanc, the project's technical director: "It's like living on an island, only worse...