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...only does he unfairly exploit this real and sensitive issue as a cheap emotional trigger, but he is so confident with this ruse that he neglects to actually personify the evil at hand. With forced and belabored "filmmaking," he painfully portrays the anguished and horrid plight of the Africans so as to equate any and all adversaries they might have, whether they be Spanish slave traders, greedy British sailors or the American legal system--which he only later in the movie realizes is actually defending them. His treatment seems to raise a long, accusatory finger at somebody, but doesn...

Author: By Jonathan B. Dinerstein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Long, Soggy, Overwrought 'Amistad' Plays Heavily on White liberal Guilt | 12/12/1997 | See Source »

Dartboard has unmasked yet another ruse of college administrations. Just wait until we try to figure out why Harvard has the absurd schedule that it does. On that note, eat well, sleep well and enjoy the short vacation...

Author: By Talia Milgrom-elcott, | Title: THERE'S THE RUB | 11/26/1997 | See Source »

...crucial part of a student's education. Not all sections are equal. Some will be filled with enthusiastic future TFs who can't keep their mouths shut, while others will merely have two such students who shield the others from your attack. Don't fall for this ruse. Use the following tips to make the most of your fifty minutes of fame...

Author: By Dara Horn, | Title: Becoming a Bad TF: All You Need to Know | 10/24/1997 | See Source »

...members gets an updated tweak in Mermaids, when a normally inattentive father treats his daughter and her friend to a Manhattan weekend. It doesn't take an especially nasty-minded reader to suspect immediately where Daddy spends his afternoons while the girls are napping. Eisenberg goes along with the ruse by delaying details for maximum damage to the cad who would use his child as a cover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: HARD KNOCKS | 9/15/1997 | See Source »

...turns out that the promise of HDTV may have been just a ruse. Each month, in surreptitious ways, the handout to the broadcasters becomes more egregious, which is unsurprising, given their lobbying clout with Congress--$7 million worth in the past two years. A clause buried in this summer's balanced-budget act, pushed by House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Senator Trent Lott, allows stations to keep both their old and new channel space beyond 2006 as long as 15% of households in their markets are still using analog sets. And ABC president Preston Padden has disclosed that his network...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A BANDWIDTH BONANZA | 9/1/1997 | See Source »

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