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...bold attempt to integrate the themes of increasingly lost memories and the forgetful, distracted modern mind. That means the obsessive Jonathan has a more important historical role to play than he perhaps imagines. It also means that this often vivid movie, though it doesn't quite attain its highest intentions, is well worth seeing. And thinking about. --By Richard Schickel
...long before climbing the Washington ladder, Roberts was a straight-laced conservative in Leverett House with plans to preside over a lecture hall—not the nation’s highest court...
...Court often involve some of our most challenging public policy issues,” Porter said in an e-mail. “John Roberts’ background, experience, mind, and temperament make him a superb choice to sit on and to preside over our nation’s highest court...
Since he was tapped for O’Connor’s seat in July, Roberts has managed to weather the grueling scrutiny typical of a Supreme Court nomination. Thousands of documents have been released from government archives, and Roberts was given the highest rating of “well qualified” by the American Bar Association. Although several liberal interest groups voiced their opposition, no senators have come out against...
...worth noting that I.E.M.'s Pam preparedness plan, which FEMA contracted for almost $1 million, helped 80 percent of the population of the New Orleans area evacuate before Katrina made landfall on August 29th-one of the highest rates ever for a hurricane. But more than 100,000 people didn?t escape the city boundaries-mostly citizens without cars. That?s because there weren?t enough buses available in time, a problem for which disaster preparedness planners hadn?t apparently accounted...