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That's pretty much the way it has been for the character played by Jones, who is also called Jones. He deserted his family to live among the Indians of the Southwest for decades. Except now, on an early-spring day in 1885, he rides out of the forest seeking "the healer," a.k.a. Maggie (Cate Blanchett), who is, in fact, his deeply estranged daughter. She fixes up his minor injury but, understanding that it's just a pretext for a hoped-for reconciliation, angrily rejects...
...methods of the country's military dictatorship. But their lives changed horribly, they say, after two oil companies, the U.S. giant Unocal and its French partner Total, began exploiting natural-gas deposits offshore. The gas discovery prompted construction of a $1.2 billion pipeline through hundreds of miles of rain forest to an electrical plant in neighboring Thailand. At that point, villagers contend, the government began to view them as another kind of natural resource to be exploited. Burmese troops were brought in to provide security and build infrastructure for the project. Overnight, claim the villagers, soldiers forced them at gunpoint...
...suburbs. Mayor Richard Lee, a giant of ’60s-style urban liberalism, steered hundreds of millions of federal dollars into town but succeeded only in wiping out entire neighborhoods in the name of “urban renewal.” New Haven sprouted a small forest of bulbous towers in the best tradition of Science Center Brutalism. Crime soared. “Inner city” was hardly too harsh a euphemism...
Inspired equally by the ocean, forest animals and Joy Division, the three-year-old band has risen quickly in profile. Since the release of their debut, they have enjoyed glowing, awestruck reviews from music publications on both sides of the Atlantic. They have also developed an infamous stage show that now features locally pruned foliage, a few toy birds and a stunning, seasick climax that—so far—stands as their greatest achievement...
British Sea Power, instead, sing about Charles Lindbergh’s transatlantic voyage in the Spirit of St. Louis, parade around like a group of unkempt, outcast forest rangers and make a really big deal about their interest in birds...