Word: turned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...trade is never at issue in any of the trials. As soon as the Africans start having legal difficulties, the film shifts to make a sham out of the American judicial system. The very framework which winds up championing the Africans' cause with morality and persuasiveness is portrayed, in turn, as incompetent, overly bureaucratic and corrupt, to further sympathy for the Africans. The audience was so drowned in their white liberal guilt by the end that they seemed almost disappointed when the American system proved to work in the end, and to be based on virtue, eloquence and justice...
...backwardness; any scene of real emotional charge or import to the plot is backed up with a typical Western-style orchestra and chorus. At one point, the Africans seem to have converted to Christianity, as they apparently hold aloft and make supplications to a copy of the Bible, a turn of events more than a little disturbing and perverse...
...chance for the chef and the brew master to take a star turn and express themselves, to be creative," said General Manager Andy Cook...
...menu featured six courses, each accompanied by a specially chosen beer. The chef tried to recreate the flavors of fine restaurants in turn-of-the-century New York, Cook said...
After five consecutive semesters of activist leadership , the Undergraduate Council took a dramatic turn last night in the organization's most hotly-contested presidential race since the adoption of popular elections...