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...uniquely beautiful afternoon and, caught up in the scenery as I was, I almost missed all the commotion around the John Harvard statue. By sheer accident I glanced over and saw 30 or so young kids, perhaps 11 years old, clustered around an older gentleman who was apparently serving as their guide. He was, not surprisingly, telling them all about the "Statue of the Three Lies" (although, keenly aware of his audience, he mercifully omitted the "Hoar House" anecdote). When he had finished, he called out, "So, do you guys want to take a picture with the statue?" The unanimous...
Those who revere the Confederate flag often allege that the Southern way of life is a grand tradition. The most cursory scrutiny of this proposition completely undermines its claims to validity. The Southern gentleman, who was supposed to be a gallant, aristocratic hero, was a craven degenerate. This slave-owner would sneak out of his house late at night to rape black women and girls. As light-skinned mulattoes began to appear on his plantation, he began to actually enslave and brutalize his very own children...
...shows how this documentary style can be used to great effect. The painting shows three captured Confederate soldiers being displayed to a Union corporal (who has been identified as an alumnus of Harvard). Homer shows that every segment of the American people--old and haggard, young and immature, southern gentleman and rednecks, could be found in the armies; he emphasizes that the War was a universal experience. At the same time, Union and Confederate troops face each other with obvious respect and compassion...
...place. But driver Darrell Waltrip, a three-time Winston Cup winner and a 24-year veteran of the sport, insists there is still room for all kinds of fans. "You can sit in the infields and be rowdy, or you can sit up in the stands and be a gentleman," says Waltrip. And either way, revel in the noise...
...cleans up a ghetto, helps a crippled kid and does battle with a rampaging Hovercraft, Chan shows off the muscle of a superhero and the charm of a deft comedian. He doesn't swagger or threaten, flash his Magnum .44 or talk dirty to women; he's Gentleman Jackie...