Word: journeys
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...School in New York City, with a more generous scholarship that would have allowed his family to join him. But he decided to go to Harvard. "How can I refuse the best education?" he told Ann, according to Obama's book. (See pictures of Obama's convention week journey...
...version, but lost out to Paul Scofield, who died last month.) Having cut his great white teeth on Broadway, Heston was the rare mid-century movie star who returned to the stage. Laurence Olivier directed him in The Tumbler, the year after Ben-Hur. He did Long Day's Journey Into Night with Deborah Kerr and Macbeth with Vanessa Redgrave.In 1999 he and his wife, Lydia Clarke, read the Love Letters play in London...
...sized baked cookie. These small cookies, however, have quite a big story. In “The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food,” Jennifer 8. Lee ’98-’99, a New York Times Reporter, embarks on a journey that bridges many centuries, many countries, many people, and many other staple Chinese-American dishes in retelling the often dramatic, always intriguing history of the fortune cookie. Thoroughly researched and surprisingly artistic and imaginative, Lee’s four-year search weaves through the complex history of the Chinese food...
...Chronicles” is not only imbued with Lee’s infectious energy, but is also personal, colorful, and, above all, fun. She makes her journey to find the reason behind the fortune cookie’s popularity ours, as well. To quote one of those slips of paper from my wallet, “To love what you do and feel that it matters—how could anything be more fun?” Lee’s “Fortune Cookie Chronicles” embodies this exactly...
...didacticism doesn’t feel unbearably contrived while it’s happening. The depiction of Mexican life, on both sides of the border, is rich and spirited, saving the movie from the danger of being too dour about its characters’ hardships. Carlitos’ journey progresses with adequate believability, and the minor Mexican characters that move in and out of Carlitos’ life are, realistically, good-hearted enough to be trusted. But then the Big Message awkwardly forces its way into the movie. When David is hesitant to smuggle Carlitos across the border, Marta asks...