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...biodiesel industry strongly opposes rain-forest destruction and nonsustainable agricultural practices. Biodiesel increases our renewable-energy supply, adds well-paying, green jobs to the economy and reduces carbons and other emissions. I am proud to work in an industry that addresses these critical issues facing our nation and world. Joe Jobe, CEO, National Biodiesel Board, Jefferson City, Missouri...
...Patriotism Deficit Joe Klein writes that avoiding discussion of patriotism "is a chronic disease among Democrats, who tend to talk more about what's wrong with America than what's right" [April 14]. Playwright David Mamet recently abandoned his lifelong allegiance to the Democratic camp, saying its worldview could be summed up thus: "that everything is always wrong." This totally negative attitude will be the Democratic Party's downfall unless it can return to a more centrist position. Joop van der Lijn, Palmerston North, New Zealand...
...among the first film to celebrate it. The film’s final scene, in which the famous pair of Depression-era bank robbers die in a hail of bullets, is balletically graceful but horrifyingly brutal. According to Benton, it wasn’t until Newsweek’s Joe Morgenstern retracted his original review, which had called the film “a squalid shoot-’em-up,” that “Bonnie and Clyde” got any positive press. Film critic Pauline Kael’s fervid defense of the film...
...thing they need.Subjected to just as many—if not more—jokes as these child actors are their parents, the “Stage Moms and Dads.” These scary fanatics should bear a large portion of the blame along with Burton. People like Joe Simpson, Jessica Simpson’s father, push their kids to unbearable limits for success, manipulating their children’s lives and then trying to share the spotlight.With post-childhood disasters like Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears dominating the celebrity news, it’s unlikely that...
...coffee shop scene, the male protagonist, Joe, is sounding out a Coca-Cola jingle he wrote recently when a siren drowns out his conversation with his friend Alli. The camera leaves the two actors and follows the speeding ambulance through the window, though their voices continue in the background. The camera cuts back to Alli, who says, “I think someone just died hearing your jingle.” The moment—both the ambulance passing and the actor’s response—was completely improvised...