Word: mentor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...people look as if they shower with Vaseline--the story is simple, yet stirring: rednecks rape a black girl; the girl's father, Carl Lee (Samuel L. Jackson), retaliates with murder; he goes on trial in a racially volatile atmosphere. Enter his idealistic young lawyer, Jake (Matthew McConaughey); his mentor, Lucien (Donald Sutherland); the ruthless prosecutor (Kevin Spacey); and a Klan member or two (e.g. Kiefer Sutherland)--the story's ready-made. Sandra Bullock weaves her way through the story as Jake's indispensable assistant...
...Elizabeth Dole depicted in your article [NATION, July 1] is wholly different from the sincere, gracious, caring person who is my close friend and mentor. She never forgets a birthday, is always appreciative and is the first to lend a word of encouragement during difficult times. Those who work with Elizabeth Dole are privileged and honored to serve someone whose entire career has been devoted to making a positive difference in the lives of others. According to you, Mrs. Dole's Christian faith and common courtesy are at the least puzzling and at the most threatening. Perhaps...
After such abortive, rather eery attempts at career-broadening as "Junior," Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to his old habits, this time as "Eraser" Kruger, top agent for the witness protection program. Under his mentor in the agency (James Caan), Kruger efficiently "erases" the identity of errant stool-pigeons, until one day he finds out that, wouldn't you know it, someone has been killing the people he's helped disappear. Soon he's protecting one such potential witness/victim, Lee (Vanessa Williams), who knows a little too much about the machinations of a high-ranking U.S. government employee looking to sell...
James Caan, as Kruger's mentor, ably reveals the cutthroat brutality that lies behind the merely serious face of top-secret government. Vanessa Williams, on the other hand, must play the thankless, Schwarzenegger equivalent of a "Bond girl," minus the glamour...
...wants Bob Dole to be President--but some around her wonder how much she wants to be First Lady. "The Scripture often describes Jonah as a reluctant prophet," says Charles Colson, the former Nixon aide, who has been her spiritual mentor. "I think of her as a reluctant politician." Says the Rev. Edward Bauman, the Methodist minister Dole credits with helping her rediscover her spirituality: "She believes that God is calling her to do this at this time." If so, it may be a temporary assignment. "God doesn't want worldly successes," Elizabeth Dole says in her speech. "He wants...