Word: isolationism
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The New York Times article plays up the secrecy of the government, stressing the isolation of the communist nation in the global scene.
Too many black "leaders" today have a vested interest in the application of old myths. They are like Moses in reverse--leading their people back into the welfare state, to a self-imposed isolation from the growing opportunities all around them.
Luck is often a matter of timing. Dandridge was pretty and gifted at the right time; that gave her a taste of stardom. But she aspired to it the old way--by being a dignified actress, a chanteuse, a lady--at just the time when pop culture was busting into...
And you have rarely seen, in a picture intended for mainstream audiences, the kind of sustained suffering Moore's character endures here. But the director, Ridley Scott, a great imagist, imparts a bleak, often astonishing beauty to the brutal, frantic (and generally drenched) scramble of training exercises. And he does...
Before Tobon began his work, mules who died were usually buried in potter's field, the city's burial ground for the unknown. As a rule they carry false papers, know no one at their destination and live in terrifying isolation. The lure: up to $5,000 a trip. "They...