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...younger brother—fighting on the ground or the Iraqi citizens suffering daily suicide bombings that receive the film’s ultimate recognition, but rather senators in Washington. This hollow conclusion seriously detracts from the humane story the film set out to tell. During Byrd??s filibuster in the Senate he implores: “Let the hills and valleys reverberate with your voices. Speak out!” “Body of War” willingly takes this advice and hopes that its reverberations will reach the top of Capitol Hill. It is more...
...Byrd??s office did not respond to requests for comment yesterday...
...considering that Byrd??s pre-Harvard goalie experience was limited to one quarter during a high school contest—where Byrd??s team also had a huge lead—starting in goal for the crucial Northerns contests was, to say the least, a completely new situation...
Harvard coach Erik Farrar and the other players tested Byrd??s capability in goal through a “sink-or-swim method.” Instead of trying to methodically teach him how to play the position, the team focused more on using sheer playing time to improve Byrd??s skills...
...fact, Byrd??s success as a stand-in may have given him the confidence to do more “heroic” things beyond the edge of the pool...