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...into literature and film is moved through memory, and then through art. THC: What about the cultural resonance of the war in which you fought, particularly with the three generations of servicemen in your family; what do you think can be passed on? AS: I didn’t listen to the lesson my father tried to teach me, which was to not join the military…my father saw, as most men who served in Vietnam saw, rather brutal and heinous things and wisely, he didn’t want his sons to see the same things...
...tossing electric bills down a toilet while flushing sounds played in the background. In February 1992, Jackson turned his guns on Clinton when he unveiled a letter offering proof that Clinton had received an induction notice for the draft. Over the next few months, he told anyone who would listen -- including CNN'S Larry King -- that Bill Clinton was not fit to be President. A conservative who is far enough to the right so that friends jokingly say he ''could be a staff adviser to Rush Limbaugh,'' Jackson has demonstrated an astute understanding of how the media works...
...issues, Mandela in his silence became South Africa's most persuasive presence: an inspiration to blacks, a recrimination to whites. What is more, he sensed the moral power his confinement had conferred. Mandela had always been willing to talk; violence was his recourse when the other side would not listen. One day in 1986 he sat down and wrote a letter to the government proposing a dialogue on the nation's future. This gesture received a secret but surprisingly willing response from President P.W. Botha, a hard-liner on apartheid who nonetheless had begun to sense his country's escalating...
...have the refugee mind-set shared by the country's founding fathers. They feared any concession toward the Arabs was the first step toward annihilation. Rabin also had a special plea for the Palestinians. ''You who have never known a single day of freedom and joy in your lives: listen to us, if only this once.'' The Prime Minister has a keen sense of history, and especially of his own place in it. He confides to close friends the feeling that he has never been given the prominence in the annals of Israel that he deserves...
...extra-long sleeve of his extra-long white tee since the days of Space Jam. When the R. controversy spiraled out of control around 2001, I felt like I was the one under fire. Was I really some sort of sexual deviant just because I liked to listen to songs with lyrics like, “I swear I never seen a t-shirt looks so tight / My triple-X on your body, girl, you make it look so right”? Deep down, though, I always knew that R was innocent. I mean, I’ve seen...