Word: bronx
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stretched so thin on some wards that quadriplegics complain of spending days in bed for lack of anyone to help them up. Gerald Barba, 39, a peacetime Navy veteran who broke his neck in a swimming accident, praises the dedication of the staff at the VA Hospital in the Bronx, New York, but says they are shorthanded. "Sometimes when I need to have my lungs suctioned--I cannot cough--no one comes until I'm bubbling over, gargling for breath." Winsick confirms that in Long Beach, staff and services are being "nibbled away all the time.'' A diabetic who usually...
...Hughes brothers are up to more serious business. Menace II Society had a kinetic kick, but it was also heinous in its uninflected take on teen brutality. Dead Presidents, which spans the Vietnam decade and hip-hops from the Bronx to 'Nam and back again, is expansive rather than explosive. Two friends (Larenz Tate and Chris Tucker) have troubles with deranged soldiers, possessive women, killer pimps and a society that won't give them a break...
...year-old native of a poor section of the Bronx, Canada said an increase in the availability of handguns has escalated the crisis...
...know if it is the Bronx," Steinbrenner told The New York Times. "I'm not going to get into that argument again, but these guys deserve big-time support...
...complete. While it is difficult to fault their direction, their choice of material is poor. No one in their right mind would take on a task this enormous, a film this epic. As young film-makers they Presidents," she showed flashes of like the wonderful of The Bronx, but was down by a poor script. Let's hope that the Hughes Brothers and other young directors more to work with She is a talent that wasted...