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...presided over the notorious “Nanny Case” in which the au pair Louise Woodward was accused of violently shaking a Newton family??s baby to death. The jury found Woodward guilty of second-degree murder—but Zobel overturned the verdict, finding the British au pair guilty of the lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter. Woodward went free with time served...
Born in 1943 in Boston, Janeway went on to continue his family??s heritage in the medical world...
Owing to my mother’s insatiable appetite for seafood and my father’s idiosyncratic habit of driving until he finds “authentic” restaurants, I’ve eaten in my share of rugged waterfront establishments. It is telling that my family??s favorite restaurant in Maine is a riverside shack that serves lobster and steamers at picnic tables and encourages patrons to bring coolers with their own appetizers and alcoholic beverages...
...from the stock characters of Bollywood, Nair’s subjects are compelling and unusual. She depicts the life of prostitutes in Salaam Bombay and young American immigrants in Mississippi Masala. The protagonist of Monsoon Wedding is worldly and daring as she attempts to deal with her family??s wish for an arranged marriage and her own desire for the man she actually loves. Nair’s 1996 film Kama Sutra was censored in parts of India for its depiction of homosexuality...
...small group German Jewish refugees in the late 1930s. It’s the tale of Walter Redlich, a Jewish lawyer who goes to Africa to live with the European expatriate community (which is now mostly Jewish) in and around Nairobi. After opening with scenes of his family??s comfortable home life back in Germany, the film depicts the Redlichs adapt to their new home on a desolate Kenyan farm and struggle with relationships between family members and other refugees from Nazi-controlled Europe. Particularly interesting is Walter’s daughter, Regina, who quickly transitions to life...