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...dead or alive,” she said.Even the film industry contributed to this surge in national machismo, according to Faludi.In the 2005 film “War of the Worlds,” Tom Cruise’s character represents what Faludi characterized as the deadbeat father who rescues his daughter from molesters and aliens and thus recovers his manhood.It is her former media colleagues, though, who bore the brunt of Faludi’s scorn in her talk at the bookstore.She cited numerous examples from publications like the New York Times, USA Today, and Newsweek to underscore their...
...minutes ticked away before his prime-time address, his 11-year-old twin daughters brought their nervous father a sheet of paper. Looking down, expecting to see his first words—“I accept!”—Summers instead found a new draft penned by his children: “Harvard is good. Harvard is great. Let us go forth and educate,” he recalled this week...
...average direction and his amateurish screenplay. Phoenix’s character, Bobby, runs a Brooklyn nightclub under the auspices of a shifty Russian family, while Wahlberg’s character, Bobby’s brother Joseph, serves as a decorated police officer and lives in the shadow of his father, the chief of police. When the Russian mob tries to use Bobby’s connections to move their cocaine into the city and cripple the police leadership at the same time, the family’s dirty laundry airs, and things get messy. Unfortunately, Gray’s writing...
...giant Three Gorges Dam across China's Yangtze River has been mired in controversy ever since it was first proposed 88 years ago by Sun Yat Sen, the founding father of Modern China. In 1992, when Chinese Premier Li Peng submitted a proposal for the dam to China's normally pliant parliament, the National People's Congress, it ran into serious opposition and ultimately passed with the smallest margin in the legislature's history...
...What behaviors did you pick up from your father and mother? --Kyle Kreutzberger, Frackville, Pa.As a child, I was like my dad. We had similar hobbies. I always loved to be outdoors and play soccer. I would ride my bike with him while he ran. My sister seemed more like my mom then. Now, I think I am more like my mom. We have the same passions for teaching and writing. My mannerisms are more like hers. So I would say a little of both - I have my dad's sense of humor and my mom's demeanor...