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...raise heated debate over what words we can say on television, and over what types of photographs can hang in museums. We scold our public figures furiously for their infidelities and like to take the moral high ground. But there is a fundamental lack of substantive respect for the concept that it is necessary and right to deal honestly with one's fellow...
Sentiments like, "Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of your life," make the film at times eerily reminiscent of "Saturday Night Live's" "Deep Thoughts" by Jack Handy. 'Don Juan de Marco" kills itself with kitschy sweetness in an effort to create precious moments. And Leven's concept of Don Juan as a modern model of the seducer raises some interesting questions about his understanding of the realities of contemporary sexual promiscuity...
...chronicles of Tank Girl, whose major pursuits include drinking too much beer, smoking cigarettes and snogging any kangaroo that comes her way. Occasionally in the comic books, she's sent on missions such as delivering colostomy bags to the President, but Hewlett and Martin merely flirt with the concept of plot, reveling instead in irrelevant violence and super-cool style...
Once again, in spite of my arguments, I still can't stress enough that the United States is by far the best place for human rights, a living model for the whole world. The concept of a nation itself implies an inevitable restriction of individual freedom; rights and liberties are not absolute. The record of the U.S., though arguably better than that of almost any other country, is still far from immaculate...
...Clinton Administration today proposed establishing a free trade zone to eliminate duties on commerce between the U.S. and Western European nations. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke stressed that the concept has not gone beyond the proposal stage since it was first talked about in the White House six months ago. "It is a good idea whose time hasn't come yet," Holbrooke said. The idea originated from AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland and was discussed between Clinton and British Prime Minister John Major during their Washington summit yesterday . European nations have complained thatNAFTAand U.S. attempts to establish a similar...