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...followers. And she has routinely flouted martial-law regulations prohibiting gatherings of more than five people. At one rally in Rangoon, soldiers aimed automatic weapons at the crowd that gathered to listen to her. "We are grateful to those who are giving the people practice in being brave," she snapped. While an officer recited over a loudspeaker the law prohibiting gatherings, Suu Kyi used her own microphone to confront the intruders: "May I request that the loudspeakers be quiet. I can control this crowd. You don't have...
PARENTHOOD. Didn't Tolstoy say that each unhappy family is funny in its own way? This brave and original movie, starring Jason Robards as curmudgeonly Grandpa and Steve Martin as his No. 1 son, piles up most of our worst parental nightmares in a single midsummer comedy. It really shouldn't work, but it does...
There is something brave and original about piling up most of our worst parental nightmares in one movie and then daring to make a midsummer comedy out of them. It really shouldn't work, but it does. The movie does not linger too long over any moment or mood, and it permits characters to transcend type, offering a more surprising range of response to events. Martin, for example, gets to do distraction as well as obsession, and Robards is allowed sentiment as well as cynicism. Because Ron Howard, who was responsible for Cocoon, has a talent for ensemble hubbub, there...
Some summer jobs are just a way to earn money. But for 23 college students who are willing to brave the heat of New York City, it's also a chance to learn firsthand how we produce our magazines. Eighteen of our interns have spent the summer at SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, PEOPLE and other publications. Here at TIME, five labor right alongside their professional counterparts in different departments. Last month, as a reporter-researcher in the Nation section, Stanford senior Frank Quaratiello interviewed a survivor of the United Airlines DC-10 crash in Sioux City, Iowa, and is writing the Milestones...
...blinding blizzards that can last days. Both sides admit that 8 out of 10 casualties are caused by the harsh conditions -- including soldiers being swept away in cascades of snow or tumbling into crevasses. Says a Pakistani officer at the northern end of the Saltoro sector: "We are brave. They are brave. And we both face the same enemies: the weather and the altitude...