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...debate over Central America has centered on how to bring democracy to the region. The Reagan administration claims to be trying to do just that; its critics say that the means subvert the ends. But if we remember Vietnam, it may just be that Reagan administration opponents have been too generous. The chaos and destruction which have enveloped Central America may not be the sad costs of a misguided effort on behalf of freedom. Instead, they may be the result of a cold and calculating policy that holds that weak neighbors make good neighbors...
...upcoming meeting the administration will again subvert the cause of Black South Africans, by including a review of Harvard's educational programs on South Africa. The educational program seems to be a sound one, having received the approval of Black South African notables such as Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Their approval, however, has been contingent upon it not being used as a smokescreen to divert attention from the question of divestment and that is exactly what the administration will be doing by bringing it up on Saturday...
...Then, she adds, "my generation discovered drugs. I saw friends die from overdoses, go to jail for drug peddling or, if they were lucky, just burn out." Shannon finds it especially painful that millions of peace-loving, privileged young Americans provide the revenues that have allowed drug traffickers to subvert legitimate government in much of the hemisphere, a process described in this week's stories. "We seldom acknowledge this," she says. "We still talk about using drugs as a matter of personal choice. We smoke dope, while we boycott Chilean asparagus, California lettuce and South African diamonds...
...weeks ago, when Kenyan troops killed 20 Ugandan soldiers in border skirmishes. The fighting capped months of animosity over Ugandan charges that the pro-Western Moi was sheltering rebels against the Marxist-oriented Museveni regime. Responding that Uganda had sent 200 Kenyan boys to Libya for training to subvert his government, Moi closed the port of Mombasa to Ugandan goods...
Lowenstein ultimately betrays his own disorganized esthetic and falls back on the same conventional plot devices that his movie ostensibly tries to subvert. There's a scene where Saskia Post, as Hutchence's girlfriend Anna, drives around in a jealous snit because her boyfriend has kissed someone else. It's a scene that would fit better in a John Hughes teen flick. Dogs is at its most banal during the infuriatingly run-of-the-mill sex scenes between Hutchence and Post. Blue Lagoon had more spice in its sex life...