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Despite Spielberg's efforts, however, certain techniques he uses seem to undermine his paradigm that the African is always right. On the boat, after the mutiny, the Africans speak their native language to each other without translation, while the Spaniards they kept alive to help steer the boat are provided with subtitles--a conspicuous effort to lend a sense of foreignness to the Spaniards and a universality to the endeavors of the Africans. The fact remains, though, that the audience does not understand what the Africans say, so while the Spanish dialogue has some import, that of the Africans...
...arrive home after an elegant evening at the theater. As you pull into the driveway, outdoor lanterns snap on to help you steer clear of the rosebushes. Inside the house it's a toasty 72[degrees]F, with just a few lights on. The electric fireplace has just started up, and soft music emanates from the stereo. In the kitchen, freshly baked apple pie is waiting in the oven...
...least, there might be sightings of John Winthrop or one of the Mather boys in the buildings that bear their names. But no, even those most dour of Puritans stay dead. An exhaustive search of the archives brings up next to nothing. It seems that Harvard has managed to steer clear of the supernatural...
Scheck denies he ever said anything that suggested he felt guilty for defending Simpson. "I accidentally bumped into Kim Goldman," he says. "She reacted as if she had been hit by a cattle prod. I wanted Dunne to tell the Goldmans I would steer clear of them. I also said that they looked like good people and that I felt their loss." He insists the second encounter never happened. Told of Scheck's version, Dunne literally gasps and says he told a number of people about these exchanges at the time. "I was so moved by what...
Recently, Moscow had ordered a change in the way things were done in space. Newly independent Ukraine was overcharging Russia for its automated-guidance equipment, so rather than let that system steer the robot spacecraft to the red zone--the point 100 yds. from the station where the commander takes over--ground control wanted the crew to maneuver the ship all the way in using only a video camera mounted on Progress and a black-and-white television screen in the station's core module to guide...