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DIED. Gillespie (Sonny) Montgomery, 85, homespun 15-term Congressman from Mississippi who championed higher education for veterans; in Meridian, Miss. Elected in 1966 after serving in World War II and the Korean War, the conservative Democrat created the Montgomery G.I. Bill in 1984, modernizing the 1940s G.I. Bill and expanding it for the peacetime, volunteer military...
...here treads the well-worn path of mostly-acoustic folk, fusing the singer/songwriter vibe with bluegrass and country-western. In this release, Ritter has built solidly from the down home sound of his earlier albums, and he has effectively expanded his lyrical and musical creativity without losing his distinctively homespun sound. His rendition of mellow folk music is reminiscent of early Johnny Cash; his lyrics, like Nick Drake’s, are literate enough to be considered vaguely poetic on their own. However, Ritter has a voice so emotive that these lyrics can become incomprehensible to the casual listener...
...homespun southern charm of an overnight media celebrity enthralls the nation through television even as he becomes corrupt, bitter, and political...
...pouty Knightley against a stunning British countryside isn’t visually appealing, but Wright is far more successful at extending the narrative when he restrains himself to the intimacy of Austen’s domestic world. A tracking shot, in the style of Robert Altman, explore the rural, homespun details of the Bennett’s “socially inferior” home, while the lush ball sequences with exquisite costuming and choreography visually convey the complex relationship between Elizabeth and Darcy. Every little girl who grew up wanting to be Elizabeth Bennett can see her dream realized...
...father of homespun African socialism, he has been one of the Third World's most prominent statesmen. But to the more than 20 million people of Tanzania, the nation he founded, Julius Kambarage Nyerere, 63, is best known simply as Mwalimu, Ki-swahili for "teacher." Although he has failed during his 24 years in power to create the prosperous, egalitarian society that he once envisioned, his policies will continue to shape the country--and the continent--for decades. This month Nyerere is scheduled to become one of the few African rulers ever to relinquish power voluntarily...