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...system, which she described as "out of date, inequitable and inadequate." Carefully avoiding any mention of the U.S. and the Soviet Union by name, she asked the two superpowers to "give up the use or threat of nuclear weapons." Mrs. Gandhi appealed to Iran and Iraq "to end their tragic war" and demanded respect for the "legitimate rights" of the Palestinians. She said that Israel was "unabashed in its aggression" and predictably named South Africa as "the other notorious outlaw." Mrs. Gandhi also asked vaguely for "early normalcy" in Afghanistan, but, in what many considered an outrageous omission, failed...
...There's no doubt at all that the power the government is asserting [by labeling the film 'propaganda'] is a form of censorship," added Tribe. "It's a particularly tragic area for the government to be imposing censorship...
...FILM is no grim war epic--lest the Tragic muse settle over the events like a vulture, a wonderfully rough comic sense continually jostles it aside, and the two end up coexisting guardedly. Symbolic of the filmmakers' attitude is the scene in the beginning of the film when Cecelia, sitting in church, stares at the horribly gruesome fresco of the torments of hell on the wall--in response to the crosseyed anguish of one of the damned, Cecilia crosses her own eyes in delight...
...some kind of tangible progress in the negotiations with the Soviets is not merely symbolic. Our allies in Western Europe, concerned about the potential effects of a growing peace movement, are depending on the United States to show some commitment to arms reductions. And the old arguments about the tragic waste of resources and the dangers of proliferation, not to mention the threat of an accidental detonation, remain true. The nomination of Adelman is a big step in the wrong direction...
...private club, and the patrons were placing bets on a Chinese game called "paykyo," using metal chips. But on this particular night in Seattle's Chinatown, all of the players were tragic losers. At least two gunmen, for reasons that were not immediately clear, entered the turquoise-painted Wah Mee (Beautiful China) club from its alley entrance some time before midnight, bound the hands and feet of all but one of the 14 occupants, then aimed handguns at the heads of all. When the methodical shooting was over, twelve Asians lay dead; a 13th died later in a hospital...