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Word: roles (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...oust the government, but they must also position themselves to determine which among the main insurgent groups will predominate once the government in Kabul falls. Though it is impossible to predict which group will be the most influential, Massoud obviously intends Jamiat-i-Islami to play a key role...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Afghanistan: Another Dagger Aimed at the Heart | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

...title refers to the hostelry where Barbie had his headquarters) in which the picture's failure to select and shape its materials seriously vitiates its power to grip and instruct our consciences. Worse, there are deeply disquieting moments when Ophuls abandons the documentarian's traditionally modest on-screen role as a reporter in search of a story and presents himself instead as an egotist in search of a platform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bearding The Butcher of Lyons | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

...14th century France, when the Black Plague was turning Europe into a mass graveyard, Noses tells the story of one Father Flote, a priest with revolutionary ideas about the role of religion in people's lives. Flote, played with amazing grace by Michael Starr, rebels against the penitents and clergy who argue that the plague is God's punishment for humanity's sins. The only way to save the world, say the penitents, is through pain--self-inflicted or otherwise...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dying Is Easy, Comedy Is Hard | 10/28/1988 | See Source »

Central to the debate over student independenceis the role of the professional HSA generalmanager, who since 1982 has been Hope Spruance.The general manager works directly with thestudent president to determine company managementand to present student opinion to the board...

Author: By Spencer S. Hsu, | Title: HSA Students Press For Greater Control | 10/28/1988 | See Source »

...Epps said his initial reaction to thepetition was to check its legality given theframework of HSA's charter to the University. Hesaid part of the corporation's Harvard chartercalls for it to serve in an educational role foremployees and to contribute to the University'sfinancial aid program. He said that limiting thepower of administrators and alumni on the boardmay hamper these mandates...

Author: By Spencer S. Hsu, | Title: HSA Students Press For Greater Control | 10/28/1988 | See Source »

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