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Once Biko dies, barely an hour into the film, Woods carries the narration; he plots his escape to any land that will publish his Biko biography. The police threaten his cute family with errant gunfire and toxic T shirts, and the viewer is meant to recoil from these domestic atrocities. Of course they are horrid, yet their intended impact reinforces, in dramatic terms, the Afrikaners' credo: white lives mean more. Piling on bogus suspense devices as Woods snakes his way toward freedom, Attenborough lets the venality of South African imperialism degenerate into a staid chase film: The Brady Bunch Flees...
...13th Party Congress, Deng Xiaoping remains the master of compromise between ideologues and pragmatists. -- A TIME correspondent travels through China and the Soviet Union, comparing the substance and pace of reforms. -- Vacillating negotiators threaten the Central American peace process. -- The Soviets give the green light to more Jewish emigration...
...Bennett and hostile congressmen could use default to threaten funding for all financial aid programs," said
Besides sophomore forward Lisa Cutone's aggressive moves and fancy stickplay, the Crimson was unable to seriously threaten Bruin goalie Sarah Lamont, who snapped up the third shutout of her amazing freshman season...
Women's Groups Threaten Formal Protest Of Fraternity Striptease Acts...