Word: propagandas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last weekend that struck Grenadians as an insult to their national pride and joy, the Cuban-built airport. Above pictures of Cuban weapons seized at Point Salines is the slogan ARE THESE THE TOOLS THAT BUILD CIVILIAN AIRPORTS? Army Jeeps fitted with loudspeakers cruise the island, blaring outdated propaganda ("Help send the Cubans back to Havana where they belong! Protect your hard-won freedom!"), and U.S. troops operate "Radio Spice Island," the only station permitted since the invasion...
...difficult for us to sound opinion. I am sure, however, that after a period of propaganda by the authorities in this country saying there is this danger, many Soviets will believe it. On the other hand, there is a kind of tom-tom system that operates here, and people do get their opinions from other sources, at least the opinion-makers in this system do, and they may have some doubts as to whether what is being put out as the official line is the whole truth...
...expect those who read and enjoy the Eli Propaganda for The Game in the years to come may read more stirring declarations by Giamatti like this year's. Scenes like that of quarterback Mike Curtin being sacked by the Crimson before he can even drop back into the pocket, and of Gizzi mysteriously escaping the embraces of two or three Bulldogs every time he scrambled with the ball--they will contribute to the Eli character...
...MEDIA OFFER a better opportunity for propaganda than that of the silver screen, and not only those in the Soviet Union or China. The best political movies of the last few years--China Syndrome or Missing, to name two--show how hard it is even for talented actors and directors to stray even slightly from the party line. Film demands the most elemental depiction of politics, boiled down to easy dogma, rather than to the essential ambiguity of most causes...
...squarely behind the Sandinistas is the reality of the situation. Moral choices are limited and the correct once and self-evident for those seeing and be lieving common sense. Maybe you still won't like the direction of the Nicaraguan revolution. But you can't say Under Fire is propaganda...