Word: roles
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...member of the resistance in South Africa and now works for a British firm that originated from a slaveholding interest. Roche's big job is to subsidize Jimmy Ahmed's revolutionary "commune," in the corporate effort to head off more violent threats of revolution. He is confused about his role, as he lives with the rich whites, works for them, but also works indirectly to hasten their downfall...
...although theatricality can heighten drama, it cannot replace it. Ultimately, the chief problem with Doctor Faustus resides in the casting of its lead. While, ironically enough, almost every actor except Pajaczkowski wears white-face make-up, it is he, who by neglecting the role of wise man, ends up playing the fool...
Thus, the U.S. role in southern Africa becomes painfully clear. Explicitly to prevent "racial war" in southern Africa (the South African government's synonym for revolution) the U.S. government decided to help South Africa set up a nice black government which would be sympathetic to apartheid and foreign investors and hopefully wouldn't let wages rise too much. What they didn't count on was the response of the Angolan people and the solidarity of the socialist countries...
Loeb said he feels the view that the department's role within the University community is to train creative genius is erroneous. He said, "I don't see how any department could be built on a genius who comes along once every five years...
...neither Good nor Summerlin is the true villain of the piece. That role is played by the Catch-22 strategies of modern medical research. Federal grants, which guarantee jobs and prestige, are in decreasing supply. Where cancer is concerned, money tends to go to experimenters with positive track records. As The Patchwork Mouse illustrates, such lopsided philanthropy leads not only to personal tragedy but scandalous science. The dangers of a system fueled by anxiety and dependent on immediate success cannot be exaggerated. The Summerlin affair was only the handwriting; Hixson is worried about the wall itself...