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...film arrives, in more than the usual storm of tumult and hype that attends the premiere of a Spike Lee Joint. Even before shooting began, Lee conferred with Black Muslim minister Louis Farrakhan, an early associate of Malcolm's who has vexed many with his antiwhite, anti-Jewish harangues. Lee also hired a Black Muslim security force as bodyguards on the set. He fought publicly with his distributor (Warner Bros.) and insurer (the Completion Bond Co.) when work on the overbudget film was suspended. Then he solicited and received gifts from black entertainers (Bill Cosby, Oprah Winfrey) to help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Elevation of MALCOLM X | 11/23/1992 | See Source »

...speech, sponsored by the South Asian Association, began with a brief summary of India's political and economic history. Wakankar discussed the tumult of the Gandhi regimes and India's eventual embrace of a representative government headed by a prime minister...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Hsu, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Wakankar Speaks in Sever | 11/14/1992 | See Source »

...would identify himself only as Howiesaid he was trying to fall asleep across thestreet from the building when the tumult woke himup...

Author: By David P. Bardeen, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: 10 Injured In Eatery Gas Leak | 10/1/1992 | See Source »

After the tumult from the accident cleared, Crystal emerged from the Lampoon castle and received a plaque and a key to city from the Lampoon editors...

Author: By Jonathan Samuels, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lampoon Gives Award To Crystal | 9/17/1992 | See Source »

...third, less Machiavellian theory might hold the key. Kennedy may indeed have disparaged Roe three years ago, before Clarence Thomas replaced Thurgood Marshall. But faced with the possibility that Roe might really be overturned -- and the social tumult that would ensue -- he instinctively pulled back from the brink...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside the Court | 7/13/1992 | See Source »

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