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...testimonies against him came from former accomplices. And he could succeed, since another case built around the same witnesses quickly fell apart. Still, some close to Guerin forgive the revisions. "It is a wonderful tribute to her," says her mother Bernie (played with tremendous grace and dignity by Academy Award winner Brenda Fricker). For her, the film's accuracy isn't as important as its positive message, even if that message begins with a fable. Veronica Guerin opens with the day Guerin appeared in court for speeding. Her mother asks a priest to pray for her daughter to lose...
...convenient example is Bowling for Columbine, which won a documentary Academy Award this year and, more important, has grossed an unprecedented $21 million in theaters. Its ostensible subject is America's murderous gun culture. Its real subject, of course, is the ravenous ego of its director-star, Michael Moore. Everything--including accuracy and nuance--is subordinated to the presentation of his bullying, know-it-all self...
...Singapore, a country that has struggled to produce artists who excel in even one medium, it's startling to find someone like Tan, who has thrived in so many different art forms and has achieved international acclaim for all. In January, Tan won the Crystal Award from the World Economic Forum, which held a major exhibition of his works at Davos. Tan is also currently building the first Earth Art Museum in Qingdao, China?a $690,000 project that sprawls over two mountainous kilometers?where Tan directs a crew of carvers to inscribe his calligraphy into the rock-filled museum...
...with a French accent, a result of his 25-year tenure as the press attach? for the French embassy in Singapore. (Tan was also the first person to translate the works of Samuel Beckett and Romanian Marin Sorescu into Chinese, achievements that earned him the Chevalier de l'Ordre award from France and the Sorescu International Poetry Prize from Romania...
...federal changes would be more serious for Harvard if the University did not have such a large endowment, Donahue said. Less wealthy institutions like community colleges, which can be strapped for cash to award students in need, will be harder hit by the changes. For students attending such schools, money from Pell grants can be an essential part of their aid package...