Word: jim
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Retired businessman Jim Belew, 71, of Pittsburg, Kans., made his grandson Rudy, then 13, ask twice to learn to fly, even though Belew was bursting to teach the boy. "For my sons, flying was just a way to get somewhere," Belew says. But with Rudy, a shy boy, it was different. "Flying brought him out more than anything I ever saw," Belew says. Rudy is now 18 and a licensed pilot...
...after making a specialty of playing dark characters like Jim Morrison in The Doors and drug-addicted John Holmes in Wonderland, he's starring in his first intelligent buddy comedy. The directorial debut of Shane Black--the highest-paid screenwriter of the early to mid-'90s (Lethal Weapon, Last Action Hero), who hadn't worked in six years--Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang pairs Kilmer with Robert Downey Jr. in a very meta film-noir detective story in which the narrator is constantly interrupting to apologize for various film clich�s. Kilmer plays Gay Perry, a private investigator...
Meanwhile, James Nachtwey, the celebrated photographer of war and famine, set off on his own marathon quest, traveling to five countries in eight weeks. The result is the haunting portfolio of patients and caregivers that fills 14 pages of this issue. "It's difficult to edit Jim's photographs because they bring tears to your eyes," says picture editor MaryAnne Golon. "They're more than photographs--they give a voice to those who most need to be heard...
Merrimack’s Jim Healey had 22 saves, and Jordan Alford stopped 32 shots...
...made unique contributions in their fields. “You don’t have to be a household name to be an outstanding leader,” Khazei said. Harvard’s Presley Professor of Social Medicine Paul E. Farmer and Associate Clinical Professor of Social Medicine Jim Yong Kim, the two founders of Partners in Health, made the list for their work improving health care in poor nations. Both said they were surprised to appear on the list. “I can think of other leaders in public health and medicine who are better candidates...