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...effect on circulation was undeniable, and it proved to Rowell and the world “what may be accomplished by a clean, progressive newspaper.” One hopes that now, as newsprint’s future seems uncertain, its graceful matriarch won’t change her ways...
...father Takeo manage a rice mill); the able women (Noriko and Kazuhito's mother and sister and grandmother) cook and clean while babysitting Kazuhito's mentally handicapped younger brother and nursing both his bed-bound grandfather and his great-grandmother Ei, the clan's 97-year-old matriarch. "Beyond age and gender," reflects Noriko, "here was the model of a true family, a genuine family...
...movement is controlled by SNL-type aging hippie-feminists who wear loose-fitting clothes, carry Tazers, and do lots of drugs. The entire American voting system and all forms of media are centralized through “USIDent,” a network controlled by a tight-lipped governmental matriarch who sits and watches all the events unfold on a wall covered in monitors. Santaros spends half the film fiddling with his fingers a là Mr. Burns of “The Simpsons,” nervous as a squirrel despite his manly, muscled exterior. Kelly preserves his confusing...
Maria Lopez, 59, a tribal matriarch, assesses Royero's work with the eye of a seasoned businesswoman--and for good reason. She knows that if the plant has commercial value, Venezuelan law may soon give the Piaroa rights for compensation from drug companies, which would have to recognize what the community calls its intellectual property. In years past, says Lopez, "we always gave up our medicines without any economic gain for ourselves. We won't make that mistake again...
That is, if the kids ever see the money. Lucom's widow Hilda, 83, the frail matriarch of Panama's prominent Arias family (a clan that has produced two of Panama's Presidents), with the support of her children is battling to get the will declared invalid. They say the will's U.S. executor, Florida tax attorney Richard Lehman, concocted the charity donation so he could split the money with other Lucom cronies. Hilda's Panamanian lawyer, Hector Infante, known for political connections and tough tactics, has pressed criminal charges against Lehman--even accusing him of having euthanized Lucom. (That...