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...even if the hindsight argument had any legitimate basis, the fact remains that McCloy to this day has no remorse for those unjustly imprisoned. He has made it clear he would not give a dime to any of the internees--to do so would be to "perpetrate injustice," he says. He takes this inexcusable position even with the benefit of hindsight...
...back together, graduate from high school, drift back together, break up for good, but get back together one last time as the film's credits roll, ever so slowly. We enjoy the film because Sayles has hired an attractive cast, and because coming-of-age movies, though a dime a dozen these days, evoke that special nostalgic' something in all of us. When it's over, however, we're left feeling just a tad sheepish. Although we've spent two and a half hours indulging high school fantasies, we have nothing to show for it but an appreciation...
...find a gas station, its phone, and a dime. It's an open phone, right out on the street. I dial the long-distance operator and call. The Crimson to file my news. I get David Hollander in the newsroom. "David." I say, "everything's gone wild here...
...song" for a cause (We Shall Overcome), for a college ("Bulldog, bulldog, bow wow wow, Eli Yale!"), for a specific event, like the release of the hostages (Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree), and even for an era (Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?). Nations have them. But The Star-Spangled Banner has never quite become "our song" in the way that the Marseillaise utterly and unquestionably belongs to the French. Politicians have their "our songs." John Kennedy may have thought of his Administration in terms of the words and music of Camelot. But it is said...
...bill, approved by the state voters in November of 1982, took effect in Massachusetts on January 17, 1983. It requires a nickel or dime deposit for all containers for beer or other malt beverages, soft drinks, and artificially carbonated mineral water. It also stipulates that retailers must accept returns and give refunds for all the types of returnable containers that they sell...