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...here, though, is sunny—a grave stylistic misstep. In a climate of uncertainty, where parents are never sure their children will survive to come home, a film that builds up their brightest hopes is merely pandering. At the end, we see the crazy lady isn’t actually crazy: It’s her world that is insane. The validation of her fears should have been enough of a conclusion, and in our world it would have been, but, for The Forgotten...
...debate tomorrow brings with it the opportunity for either side to fundamentally change the tone of the national election—since the dawn of television the presidential debates have provided a final chance to pull a campaign out of the grave, or simply dig the hole a bit deeper. Though the campaign officially ends on November 2, the Harvard Republican Club fully expects President George W. Bush to devoid the opposition of credibility and secure four more years as Commander in Chief this Thursday night...
...after twenty-one years of searching, I had finally found my calling, and even though I only got to live it for nine months, I’ll go to my grave talking about my American football experience in Glasgow. My only regret is that life now pales in comparison to my days of gridiron glory, and I often find myself dreaming about making one more diving touchdown catch or gazing one final time upon that groupie who looked sort of like the second-string linebacker...
...Labor's education, health, tax and welfare policies - the rungs of the ladder, as Latham would say - where his influence has taken hold. Education is the cornerstone of Latham's world: cradle-to-grave learning, the reform of tertiary institutions and teacher training, more resources, school funding based on need. As in Latham's own life, government schools provide the foundation, especially in disadvantaged areas. Universal health care forms another rung in Latham's social-equalization scheme. Reward for effort is his aim in tax and family policy: a "learn or earn" ultimatum for young people, the removal of high...
...death. (Though she has died horribly of Alzheimer's before the story begins, Mama Wong is never far from Carnegie's mind, usually with choice quotes like this: "If you become cook, your mother will commit suicide. Even I am dead I will rise up out of my grave to kill myself.") From the beginning, Blondie rightly suspects Mama Wong's motives, since the older woman never reconciled herself to the marriage. Has Mama Wong set up Lan to be the love wife, a kind of modern concubine who will fit more naturally with Carnegie than Blondie ever could...