Word: terrorizer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This concentrated, unrelenting application of mass terror by the United States was not the product of a temporary moral lapse--a theory which appears to be in vogue. On the contrary, it was a calculated effort to crush a decades-old struggle against colonialism, an attempt to keep Asia safe for imperialist plunder. Fortunately for the Vietnamese, it was not successful...
...helped maintain Somoza's power through "brute force," and called for an end to U.S. aid to the Nicaraguan government. The annual American contribution of twelve million dollars in economic aid continues to flow into Somoza's coffers even as his troops attempt to institute their reign of terror in the cities of Nicaragua...
...time has come for the aging dictator to step down and allow the Nicaraguan people to determine their own fate. The time has come for the U.S. to withdraw all forms of support to a government that rules through force and terror...
...first night of curfew [Friday] went. It was calm. But we must expect acts of sabotage and eventually terror. The reason is that the way things were going before [martial law], they [his opponents] didn't have to resort to that. They could have taken over the country-and I don't mean slowly. But if that is not possible for them, then they will resort to certain acts of sabotage and arson...
...some of the most talented figures in European film making: Cinematographer Nestor Almendros (Claire's Knee) and Composer Ennio Morricone (1900). Their work is stunning; yet there is no mistaking Days of Heaven for anything other than an American movie. Malick's ability to capture the terror in plain, homespun settings recalls the spooky vistas of Painter Edward Hopper. The film's naive narration-recited in deadpan colloquialisms by the teen-age Linda-is right out of Ring Lardner's sardonic stories. In the tradition of these other native ironists, Malick keeps his distance from...