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...Patient, which won nine Oscars, including Best Director and Best Picture - and suddenly people started paying attention. "He directed most of The English Patient with an ankle in plaster, never losing his gentle humor and precision," said Ralph Fiennes, who was nominated for an Oscar for his role as Count Laszlo de Almasy, in a statement. "His films deal with extreme aloneness and the redemptive power of love, even at the moment of death. I will remember him as a man who always wanted to get to the heart of the matter...
...original version of this article incorrectly stated that Ralph Fiennes won an Oscar for his role as Count Laszlo de Almasy in The English Patient. Fiennes lost that year to Geoffrey Rush...
...These episodes offer a valuable portrait of the Iraqi Kurds, a more nuanced image than that projected by the American media. Klaus humanizes an Iraqi population so often represented as either a group of innocent civilians or a band of dangerous militants, a body count or terrorist network. Through Klaus’ anecdotes, which reveal much of the personal experiences, ambition, and outlook of his Iraqi acquaintances, we catch a glimpse of the way a war, so far removed from our own lives, personally affects millions of individuals...
...error,” Walt said. “You start to think the emotions themselves are reasons, and they’re not reasons,” Ignatieff said in a recent interview. His decision finally to disavow his support for the war came down to the body count. “I simply did not estimate the horrendous, inexcusable cost,” he said. “I didn’t think it would be this hard.” —Staff writer Lois E. Beckett can be reached at lbeckett@fas.harvard.edu...
...torture in the War on Terror. His courage led members of both parties to admire him as a trustworthy leader. For many, that admiration has changed to disbelief and disappointment.McCain has made his choice; he is no longer the trustworthy McCain whom Independents can count on to vote on principle even when that means opposing the leadership of his own Republican Party. In addition to sacrificing principle though, McCain might be sacrificing important Independent votes, and his acceptance of President Bush’s endorsement isn’t going to help in that respect. He is counting...