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...attempt to prove his unorthodox theory that the Polynesian Islands could have been settled by prehistoric Peruvians, not by Southeast Asians; of brain cancer; on the Italian Riviera. The so-called Kon-Tiki man did not sway scholars, who dismissed him as an amateur, but his 4,300-mile, 101-day journey across the Pacific riveted the public, spawning his internationally best-selling memoir, Kon-Tiki, and an Oscar-winning documentary on the voyage...
...because of the inconvenience of finding a halfway decent one. Before the University spends millions of dollars renovating the MAC, it should budget funds to upgrade its stodgy pianos, to buy some new ones and to keep those it already owns consistently in tune. If you have seen the mile-long list of a capella groups, it should be clear how desperate the plight of instrumental music at Harvard has become...
...Alas, Washington had no blooming future in movies. After "Imitation," she starred as a vengeful plantation owner in the indie voodoo drama "Ouanga" (1936), and had one more decent major-studio part, billed fourth in the Fox drama "One Mile from Heaven"(1937). Washington's duskily refined gorgeousness scared Hollywood bosses even as it tempted them; she took the hint and went back to New York. She co-founded the Negro Actors Guild of America and wrote theater reviews for The People's Voice, published by Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., who was at the time married to Isabelle. Later Fredi...
...streets to get there. But I never do, because the turnoff listed on my map as Country Lane--two turns from my destination in a cul-de-sac--is plastered with signs reading PRIVATE DRIVE DO NOT ENTER NO TRESPASSING ARMED RESPONSE. I seem to be about half a mile from my goal, well beyond the range of a wireless-access point, and--communitarian spirit notwithstanding--I am not feeling encouraged to go the rest of the way. This seems like the kind of neighborhood in which home defense is enthusiastically practiced. The glow of good feeling fading, I wind...
Michael Clarke Duncan, from The Green Mile, plays a counterpart to The Rock that comes close to matching the strength and intensity of the People’s Champion. This duo provides great entertainment as they clean up hordes of lesser bad guys...