Word: jeans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...movie about a working-class mother of three who with her Catholic conscience whether to have an abortion, what would you choose? Right: Vanessa Redgrave. And if you were English-speaking drama's greatest actress - if you played Mary Queen of Scots and Isa Duncan and Jean Brodie and Fania Fenelon - and you were offered the part a Nashville housewife, what would you do? Right: you'd take...
...even question the motives of her loving husband (Joseph Campanella, strong, caring and comfortable in the role). Then those translucent eyes can light with pain and determination. The mouth can fix in its querulous schoolgirl smile. The rage can break - and Redgrave come alive. It may not be Jean Brodie, but it is surely prime- By Richard Corliss
When New York Times columnist Anthony Lewis went to Hanoi in the early 1970s, a barrage of American bombs greeted his arrival. Lewis took refuge in the Swedish embassy at the invitation of Ambassador Jean-Christopher Oberg. As the sound of explosions filled the air with Lewis wondering why he had left the relative peace of Cambridge, the story has it that Oberg nonchalantly went about his normal activities. In his mid-thirties at the time, the Swedish diplomat was already a veteran of tumultuous Southeast Asia...
...deportation measures. Oberg tells the story of a young Jewish boy who stayed with the Swedish family for several months until arrangements could be made to take him to a safer place. In departing, the youth left some clothes behind, including a pair of long pants given to Jean-Christophe. "Getting your first pair of long pants was a big thing in those days," says Oberg. "It was a sign of manhood. And here I was wearing the pants of another boy who people were trying to prevent from becoming a man. It is a memory that has stayed with...
...Jean Curtis Amboy, Wash...