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Central to West's assessment of American Blackness, as he presented it in the interview and both in the interview and in Keeping Faith, is the appreciation and inclusion of Africa in an American--or "New World"--context. Such an awareness, he claims, is essential to combat existing misconceptions of Africa and must be a part of the "Eveready life of ordinary people in the Black community around this country." West also insists that the importance of all forms of Africanist expression must be recognized, including its more superficial and commodified manifestations. As individuals living in a market culture...
...four presidents allow such a catastrophic mission to continue? The foremost reason, dealt with already, was the battle of the two ideologies. But at least as prominent was the overwhelming desire to show the U.S.'s dominance in the world, to preserve its undefeated record in international combat (excepting the losing 'tie' of 1812). In a sense, defeat--or at least embarrassment--in Vietnam was a crucial but constructive blow to American arrogance...
Lame duck Defense Secretary Les Aspin overruled the Army and Marine Corps to approve a policy that will expand the presence of women in ground-combat forces. Women still won't engage in fighting, but Aspin has ordered that they be allowed to take dangerous support jobs that have been closed to them. The two services have until May 1 to provide a list of what these jobs will...
...More Combat Jobs for Women...
...renewed uncertainty over its outcome. With his latest parry -- even if it turns out to be as ineffectual as Diller thinks it is -- Redstone has for the moment denied QVC's chairman the prize he so eagerly desires. Diller, Redstone and Paramount CEO Martin Davis have been locked in combat since September, when Viacom agreed to buy the movie studio for $8.2 billion in a friendly deal. Soon after that agreement, Diller launched a $9.5 billion hostile takeover. In the bidding skirmishes that followed, both sides raised the stakes with the help of investment partners. QVC received backing from cable...