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...slowly across the bridge that links the Estonian city of Narva to the Russian community of Ivan-Gorod. They used to make the trip easily, before the break-up of the Soviet Union turned the Narva River into the official boundary between two independent countries. Above the huge medieval fortress that guards the west bank flies the Estonian flag. On the eastern shore, a rugged rampart displays the Russian tricolor. On the bridge below, lines of pedestrians and cars move slowly between customs posts set up at both ends. "We built this city," says Ivan, pointing back to Narva...
CULTURE: A Fortress Against Forgetting...
...survivors of the Hitler years, are in their 70s and 80s and are dying off. The generation's memory -- along with whatever objects and images and cautionary knowledge may be salvaged -- needs to find permanent residence. Or else it will be lost. This week, a powerful -- and controversial -- fortress against forgetting is being dedicated in Washington...
...week after the bloody federal assault on cult leader David Koresh's fortress in Waco, Texas, Hollywood came calling at the Bethesda Boys Ranch in Mounds, Oklahoma. A set man from Patchett Kaufman Entertainment, a TV production company, drove by to scout out the 160-acre ranch as a possible location. Three days later, a deal was struck, and last week workmen were at the ranch constructing a replica of Koresh's peach-colored compound. Soon federal agents will be surrounding the fortress again, staging another ill- fated assault, retreating once more for a long waiting game -- this time...
...Timothy Daly of Wings will play Koresh), shooting could begin in as little as two weeks, and NBC hopes to have the finished film on the air in May. If the real-life standoff is still going on, Koresh may even be able to watch it from his fortress to see how the story comes...