Word: islanders
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...ability to distinguish itself from the legacy of the flawed-suburbia film and create something wholly new.A film developed by the Sundance Institute, “Lymelife” is the directorial debut of Derick Martini. In it, Martini presents a peeled portrait of suburban life on Long Island. The film follows Scott Bartlett (Rory Culkin), a soft-spoken high school student who is incurably in love with his neighbor’s daughter, Adrianna Bragg (Emma Roberts). But this budding romance blossoms into a story of familial intrigue and the eventual disintegration of both families. Scott?...
...have four different uniforms. If you have the true spirit of joint operations, we don't need a separate Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps. I'm a Marine. Ooo-rah! I went to Paris Island. I get it, I got it! I love my history. But it's now time to look to the future. Put them all under one regime...
...arrested and convicted of trying to overthrow the government in 1964 and sentenced to 10 years on Robben Island, where he reportedly cheered up fellow inmates like Nelson Mandela with songs and impromptu theatre...
...past throws wild parties - and then there is Sag Harbor (Doubleday; 273 pages), the new autobiographical novel by Colson Whitehead. Not much happens in Sag Harbor. It's 1985, and Benji, a 15-year-old New York City kid, takes off for his family's beach house on Long Island, where for the first time he'll look after himself and his brother while his parents are at work...
...effort to ameliorate U.S.-Cuba relations, which have remained chilly for half a century. And, prior to the summit, Obama broke with traditional policy by lifting restrictions placed on Cuban-Americans’ ability to travel to Cuba and send money to friends and relatives on the island...