Word: tomic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...America, the home of 42% of the world's 810 million Catholics. Strikingly diverse in political circumstances, geography and ethnic makeup, the countries of the area share staggering social dislocations caused by rapid modernization, near intolerable combinations of inflation, unemployment and foreign debt, and enormous economic disparities. Says Radomiro Tomic Romero, a former Christian Democratic candidate for President in still dictatorial Chile: "We see a region crossed with injustice. Then we ask ourselves: Is this what God wanted...
Taylor gets help from a cast of unusual depth, in which the military hero (Michael Rapposelli), the middle-aged couple (Bill Tomic and Sue Bear) and the three "proteans" (Henry Biggs, Suzanne Tanner, and Tracey Trench) especially stand out. The latter set of characters show great comic versatility in moving among several jester-type roles: they are, in order, clowns, slaves, travelers, and foot soldiers, playing buffoons with enough restraint to keep from becoming annoying...