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...Return of the King occasionally slows to a trot. There's a long middle passage where half a dozen characters in turn muse and fret at length. After the climax there's a plethora of meetings and farewells, most of them extended versions of the goodbyes in The Wizard of Oz. But Jackson is entitled. He surely felt that he and his companions of the Ring had waged their own hard, heroic battle and that sentimental adieus were earned...
There is nothing like a good, trashy read. Unfortunately, a Stephen King novel isn't one. King writes like a 14-year-old who tries, in his adolescent way and at great length, to shock his English teacher. I agree it's time a writer of genre literature earned some respect. I am just sorry the honor went to King. LISA LIPPITZ Bourbonnais...
...length of the induction varies as well...
...received other payments now being examined. Black, Amiel and the executives are affiliated with a private firm called Ravelston Corp., which received $203 million from Hollinger from 1995 to 2002 for so-called service agreements. Hollinger admitted in March that these agreements "were not the result of arm's length negotiations between independent parties" and thus may not be favorable to the company. Yet Hollinger's board signed off on some of the payments. On Friday the firm said it had understated taxes by at least $17 million because of "inaccuracies" in previous disclosures. Making matters worse for Black...
...Castillo said police walked with protesters for the length of a long block after ordering them to disperse before they began making arrests...