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...spring. It?s called Army of Shadows. It is about the French Resistance to the occupying Nazis during World War II and the story of this film?s making and release is almost as interesting as the true-to- life adventure it recounts. It?s based on a novel Joseph Kessel - more famous for writing the book on which Luis Bunuel based Belle de Jour - published in 1943, when he was himself a member of the resistance, and it was written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville (also a resistance fighter) in 1969, a quarter of a century after...
...familiar dirge emanated from the bagpipes at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, Calif., last week as the coffin of Army Sergeant Joseph Blanco, who died under enemy fire in Taji, Iraq, was borne past two rows of mourners holding American flags. Blanco's pallbearers wore neatly pressed military greens. But the onlookers were hardly regulation: outfitted in leather jackets, do-rags and multiple tattoos, with nicknames like Fugdaboutit and Fat Bob, wearing patches with legends like HEAVILY MEDICATED FOR YOUR PROTECTION, they had roared in earlier by the dozens on Harleys, Hondas and more Harleys, from as near as Palm...
...served as a resident tutor in Winthrop from 1935 to 1937. A student in the House, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. ’38, “became one of my closest friends,” Galbraith later told C-SPAN. Joseph’s younger brother, John F. Kennedy ’40, would appoint Galbraith as ambassador to India...
...School Committee.”Other committee members say that Nolan’s background in consulting brings a lot to the table.“She possesses a great ability to analyze data and to offer intelligent and insightful conclusions,” says committee member Joseph G. Grassi. But many long-time School Committee members were taken aback by Nolan’s April proposal to reallocate funds to schools. The proposal was presented only one meeting before the final vote. “She surprised us all,” Fantini says.However, Fantini also says that...
...Oprah Winfrey on her show last week, tells the stories of “night commuters,” the 40,000 children who walk for hours every night to avoid being abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army, a rebel force led by self-proclaimed prophet Joseph Kony...