Word: brotherism
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...engineers and other specialists. The consolidation, which must still be approved by voters in September, was an essential signal to Congress that money sent to Louisiana would not drop down a sinkhole. "These boards will operate to the highest ethical standards," promised Blanco. "No politics. No patronage. No brother-in-law deals...
...BEST OF YOUTH MARCO TULLIO GIORDANA The lives of two brothers--one a doctor, one a soldier--mesh and collide over 40 years in this fascinating and often moving six-hour drama. Six hours? Yep. Too long for a sit in a movie house, but just right for an evening or two's home adventure. This is old-fashioned filmmaking--beautiful people facing horrible problems--at its most seductive. At times it strains to represent every aspect of late 20th century Italy in one family (a Red Brigades radical is told to kill a prominent attorney, who is--her brother...
...FILMS BY LOUIS MALLE A sort of foster brother of the New Wave directors, Malle is matched only by François Truffaut as a memorializer of youth in all its enthralling achiness. This Criterion Collection package brings together (with the usual fabulous extras) three mini-masterpieces: the 1971 Murmur of the Heart, the 1974 Lacombe Lucien and the 1987 Au Revoir les Enfants (below). Sexuality, fascism and racism are the respective issues addressed, but it's the mood that sticks with you: a wise, indulgent longing that is immediately French, indelibly universal...
...siblings and inspired TV's The Partridge Family; after suffering from numerous ailments, including emphysema; in Calgary, Alta. News of his death came on the day the family--famous for hits like Indian Lake and The Rain, the Park and Other Things--was holding a memorial service for his brother Barry, the Cowsills' bass player, who drowned in the flooding following Hurricane Katrina...
...siblings and inspired TV's The Partridge Family; after suffering from numerous ailments including emphysema; in Calgary, Canada. News of his death came on the day the family?famous for hits like Indian Lake and The Rain, The Park and Other Things?was holding a memorial service for his brother Barry, The Cowsill's bass player, who drowned in the flooding following Hurricane Katrina...