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Snaporaz (Marcello Mastroianni), conservatively attractive--"fifty but still nifty," he claims humorously--and devoted to the pursuit of the Ideal Woman, chases a lushly likely prospect out of a train and into a deserted forest miles from civilization. Turns out, she is en route to a feminist convention--and thus begins the saga of Snaporaz, a hallucinogenic journey through an amusement park gone wrong...
...Biko fund is a palliative measure that diverts attention from the University's other dealings in South Africa, which are far larger in both monetary terms and real effects. Using a few Harvard scholarships to cure the South African problem is like trying to put out a forest fire with a squirt...
...life itself. In March, antigovernment guerrillas ambushed a succession of army convoys and police stations, slaying 120 soldiers and police. The army responded with a vengeance. In raids throughout the capital, soldiers slaughtered 65 Kampala residents, including a 16-year-old schoolgirl, and dumped the bodies in a forest outside the city that Amin's goon squad used to dispose of its victims...
Across South Korea last week, hundreds of rallies were taking place. Amid a forest of banners whipping in the wind, a din of fervent speeches and shouted slogans engulfed civic centers, factory grounds and rural town squares. The rallies culminated in long queues before folding tables as hundreds of thousands of citizens signed a uniform oath: "We hereby solemnly pledge that we shall neither offer personal favor nor accept requests...
...blinded slaves populate the folklore of Isle des Chevaliers alongside other tales of horsemen and moaning women who wander through the forest. Morrison echoes the whispers of centuries-old legends in her phrases, animating the landscape and infusing each piece of nature with a soul...