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Would a machine be able to think about the question Can humans think? CHRYSTELLE GARSON Westmount, Quebec...
DIED. GREER GARSON, 92; Oscar-winning actress; in Dallas. Once described by Time as "a goddess sculptured in butterscotch," Garson specialized in playing noble, tender, poised women--"walking cathedrals," she called them--like Mrs. Chips in Goodbye, Mr. Chips and the title role in Mrs. Miniver, for which she won her Oscar. Born in Ireland, she graduated with honors from the University of London and became an actress against the wishes of her family. She was discovered in a play by MGM boss Louis B. Mayer and became that studio's premier star. Garson's third marriage, to Texas...
...likelihood the Warren Commission was right: there was no conspiracy behind the murder of John F. Kennedy. But almost from the moment of the ) murder, works such as Barbara Garson's Shakespearean satire MacBird!, Richard Condon's gothic novel Winter Kills and Oliver Stone's film JFK have suggested the story makes a better myth if Lee Harvey Oswald were a cat's-paw instead of a gnat who changed history. The major boon to conspiracy theorists is that the facts do not fit neatly into the Warren Commission scenario. Unfortunately, they fit even less neatly into any alternative, which...
...this 1942 William Wyler film follows the daily events in the life of the Minivers and their small suburb outside of London. Soon, even the harmony of the village is interrupted by German bomb, and the rest of the movie details the war's effects on Mrs. Miniver (Greer Garson) and her family...
While the original role of the movie cinematic propaganda may be dated, the screenplay continues to be captivating, as over the course of the movie, the viewer becomes tied to the fate of Garson. Mrs. Miniver won six academy awards in 1942, including Best Picture and Best Actress...