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...look back at the bright atomic blasts and dark mushroom clouds over Hiroshima and Nagasaki 60 years ago stirred undying memories, renewed debate about the conduct of the war and inspired a frail hope that humanity may survive its ongoing relationship with nuclear weapons...
...have a soft spot for dark ironies, and there are a lot of those at Panafest. Chief among them is that Panafest is possible only because the descendants of slaves now lead far more privileged lives in America—privileged enough to afford the $1,500 roundtrip airfare to Ghana—than those left behind in Africa, including the kin of those Africans who were pressed into slavery...
When not tossing and turning through dark stormy nights in pretty lacy underwear and barely-there white tees, Hudson decently delivers the stale dialogue handed her. About to enter a suspicious shop with her best friend, “Jill the Thrill” (Joy Bryant), she taunts, “You’re scared? ‘Jill the Thrill’ is scared...
CNBC has a long way to go to recapture the success of its bull-market heyday. Ad revenues last year were just $140 million, vs. $383 million in 2001, reports Kagan Research. Overall ratings remain depressed, even though onetime rival CNNfn went dark last year. And a new financial channel is expected at Fox next spring, so there is a sense of urgency in the place. CNBC, a division of GE's NBC Universal, has tried everything to reinvent itself, including going Hollywood. That failed experiment led to the cancellation of prime-time shows with hosts Dennis Miller, John McEnroe...
...still bed-ridden when news came through that Japan had surrendered. His sweetheart Marjorie Rushberry, the dark-haired nurse who had looked after him, went into town with girlfriends to celebrate. "But all the soldiers were going mad, grabbing girls and kissing them, so we decided to hotfoot it back to hospital," she says. The Kennas have been married for 58 years, and still live in the red-roofed house that locals in Kenna's home town of Hamilton, in Victoria's western wool district, built for them when he returned in 1946. The pale gums and sheep fields were...