Word: taint
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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HOWEVER, HARVARD ALSO has insisted that the proper way to solve the problem is through mediation. Many other universities follow Harvard's lead on their investment policies. But given the recent moves of many states, cities and private groups to divest themselves of South Africa's taint, Harvard's omission acquires the status of a holding action, even a de facto affirmation of investment in South Africa, and not Bok's "appropriate" aloofness...
...after a charming pair of children. Margery Hellmold, with a strong, cultivated voice, rejoices in the fact that the children are so sweet, happy and loving. But we listen with a sense of forboding. For in the music there is a undercurrent of fear. And there is a sinister taint to the subtly gothic set designed by the well known author and illustrator Edward Gorey...
...mental residue that had not yet been erased from the minds of these abused children. The story never resolves this point, only concluding with the pessimistic realization that the good can never completely vanquish the bad. Although the governess manages to banish the ghosts from the house, their taint has already in part destroyed the children. In The Turn of the Screw nothing mitigates the relentless course of evil...
There were catcalls, however, from some Democrats and fellow intellectuals who claimed that any involvement in a Reagan Government would taint her beyond redemption. "That bothered me," she admitted. She was convinced that she had undertaken a higher calling. "The United Nations was a marvelous place for me," she said. "I was not there as a Republican or Democrat, I was there representing America. And that is the way they thought...
...Johnson combines a mesmerizing screen presence with a powerful voice. Both tenor Domingo and baritone Raimondi are also on the mark, although their acting is stiffer than Mignes-Johnson's. One only hopes that the soundtrack has been doctored as little as possible, because that would add a technological taint to what appears to be a wholly natural and soaring film...