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...This event was the catalyst for a civil suit against the doctor who treated John Doe No. 5, according to the alleged victim’s lawyer. That doctor was Melvin D. Levine, a former Harvard Medical School professor who served as chief of ambulatory pediatrics for 14 years at Children’s Hospital Boston, one of Harvard’s main affiliated hospitals. Levine has been accused of sexually abusing at least seven boys in his care during his time at the hospital, according to a lawsuit filed in Suffolk Superior Court on Monday...
...would you feel if a woman became President? -Melvin Haas, Walla Walla, Wash.There's absolutely no reason why a woman shouldn't be in that office, but I am not sure about this woman. It's insulting to assume that because you're a woman or a person of color, you would automatically back any woman or person of color. It's a little more complicated...
...Great Debaters is this year's major entry to this rather dubious genre. The facts on which the movie is based are these: Beginning in 1935, under the leadership of a professor, poet and political activist named Melvin Tolson (played by Denzel Washington, who also directed), Wiley College, a small black institution in Marshall, Tex., became a power in collegiate debating circles, going undefeated, according to the movie, for a decade. This was no small achievement, considering the school's location deep in redneck country, the impoverishment of the institution in the darkest days of the depression and the endemic...
...containing the three basic elements that every great movie requires: “It made you laugh, it made you cry, and it made you cheer.” “Debaters” follows the true story of historically black Wiley College in 1930s Texas. Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at the college and a well-known poet, coaches a select team of students to the national debate championship. In reality, Wiley competed against the University of Southern California for the national title; in the film, the small college goes up against Harvard. Why the change in schools...
...itself, which takes place in 1935, is not nearly as courageous as the historical characters whose story it tells.The plot originates in the real-life story of Wiley College, whose debate team rose to top levels under the guidance of the soon-to-be-named poet laureate of Liberia, Melvin Tolson (Denzel Washington). Three students (Jurnee Smollett, Denzel Whitaker, Nate Parker), each gifted in their own way, work through the national college debate circuit, culminating with a fateful competition against the dear old Crimson.In many ways, the film is a sure thing. In addition to acting, Washington also directs...