Word: sams
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...totalitarian regime has its brutal side (storm troopers set farmhouses on fire and destroy exile camps to stifle dissent; a rebellious teen is caught and brainwashed). But for the most part, the melodrama is muted, the mood somber and contemplative, the complexities rich. A KGB colonel (Sam Neill) turns out to be one of the movie's most articulate and charming characters. And, despite the anti-Communist theme, the film is a subtle refutation of Reagan-era optimism. These Americans, after all, are not can-do patriots but meek, dispirited folks who simply want to get along. "Just surviving," says...
...Sandinistas decided the best thing to do was to send Sam Hall back home. Two months ago Hall, 49, the brother of Ohio Congressman Tony P. Hall, was arrested outside an air force base near Managua with hand-drawn maps and sketches of military installations hidden in his socks. He was promptly accused of spying. The self-styled mercenary, described by former colleagues as having a Rambo complex, claimed that he was the sole surviving member of an anti-Communist fighting force called the Phoenix Battalion...
CORNELL (80): Dean Kartsonas 3-2--8; Greg Gilda 6-0--12; Wolfgang Florin 3-2--9; Derek Williams 0-0--; Bryan Colangelo 1-0--2: Josh Wexler 2-3--7; James Paul 2-0--4; Mike Millane 2-6--10; Sam Jacobs 2-0--4; Mike Pascal 0-0--0; John Bajusz...
Europe: Christopher Redman London: Christopher Ogden, Steven Holmes Paris: Jordan Bonfante, B. J. Phillips, Adam Zagorin Bonn: William McWhirter, John Kohan Rome: Sam Allis, Erik Amfitheatrof, Cathy Booth Eastern Europe: Kenneth W. Banta Moscow: James O. Jackson Jerusalem: Roland Flamini Cairo: Dean Fischer, David S. Jackson Nairobi: James Wilde Johannesburg: Bruce W. Nelan New Delhi: Ross H. Munro Bangkok: Dean Brelis Peking: Richard Hornik Hong Kong: William Stewart, Bing W. Wong Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Yukinori Ishikawa Melbourne: John Dunn Ottawa: Peter Stoler Caribbean: Bernard Diederich Mexico City: John Borrell, John Moody Managua: Laura Lopez Rio de Janeiro: Gavin Scott
...Sandinista government has said Sam Hall, 49, needs institutional care not available in Nicaragua...