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...look forward to a boatload in upcoming weeks. The Talented Mr. Ripley (starring Matt Damon as the "talented" asexual murderer), The Green Mile (from the director of The Shawshank Redemption starring Tom Hanks), The Hurricane (with Denzel Washington in the controversial lead role), Snow Falling on Cedars and Magnolia (flying frogs!) all open in the next two months. So start getting to that movie theater to catch up on all the ones you've missed (if you haven't seen American Beauty yet, you're certainly not in the [k]now). Because just like your Gov 10 reading, once...
...when my family planned a trip to the Mississippi Delta--"the cradle of the Civil War," in Paul Simon's words--I was skeptical of what I might find. After all, Mississippi seemed like the epicenter of the South: the Magnolia State, the second state to secede, the home of President Davis, the state that even today sports a Confederate banner on its flag...
...mild winter afternoon of Jan. 26, 1995, Williamson shot to death, at random, a McDonald's manager and a popular lacrosse player bicycling home from an accounting class. As pedestrians crouched behind magnolia trees and cars, Williamson exchanged heavy fire with police, until they eventually wounded him in the legs and were finally able to subdue...
From the basket of down-home biscuits to the wedges of pecan pie, Magnolia's is the most authentic taste of the Sough you can get in this Yankee city. The decor, like the food-and the land it evokes-is warm and comforting. While Magnolia's attempts at nouvelle cuisine aren't quite up to par, its basic dishes are stick-to-your-ribs, holler-at-the-pigs, square-dance-at-the-county-fair delicious...
...been offering him spiritual guidance this year. And when he emerged from the Oval Office, Hillary had her arm around her husband's as the two of them, along with the Vice President, Gephardt and chief of staff John Podesta, made their way to the Rose Garden, a bare magnolia tree behind them, a darkening gray sky above. Not a single speaker there, not even the President, uttered the word impeachment. Instead, Clinton vowed, with steel in his jaw, to serve until "the last hour of the last day of my term...