Word: communist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...example, she said, Schwartz maintained that the revolution in China in 1949 did not inevitably have to be a communist...
According to Shang, Hao deemed the event a personal meeting with the Peking University president, a member of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, and insisted that Wang's presence would be inappropriate...
...circumstances, and in the back of your mind you suspect they couldn't have really happened. The train escapes several close calls because of a German uniform hastily tailored to a higher rank, or by the outrageous claim that their train is special because it is deporting extra-dangerous communist Jews. These are examples of the whimsical and creative view Train of Life takes on practically every aspect of the shtetl's endeavor...
...Mihaileanu emphasizes that there is no one hero of the film, but we do meet and come to know an eclectic array of individuals: Esther, the vivacious and beautiful young woman in search of a lover; Mordechai, the conflicted fake Nazi; and Yossi, a newly converted Communist revolutionary raising proletarian trouble on the train. Each has his or her own way of carving out a life in the midst of the madness. The whole village manages to keep some semblance of their joy for life. Scenes of sex, dancing and prayer are abundant, as are moments of despair and fear...
...time, and was as unsure of my politics as I was of my fashion style. And then I had to deal with Bob. He inundated our class with passionate arguments in favor of abortion and adamantly against the death penalty. There might have even been a bit of Communist propaganda thrown in, but I don't remember that part so well...