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...turned out, the news that a dozen miners had been rescued was nothing more than a heartbreaking rumor. Only one man made it out alive. Someone had misunderstood a conversation and believed the miners had survived and the false report had spread in a nearby Baptist church were family and friends had gathered. In an instant, a scene of euphoria turned to shock, sadness and anger. Family members moaned, clutching their foreheads and stomachs. One man jumped in his pickup truck, drove through the mud and gravel and nearly rammed a news reporter and sheriff?s cruiser, before throwing...
...Munich Even before its release, Steven Spielberg's movie-written by playwright Tony Kushner-is being misunderstood by ideologues. It is about one of the teams Israeli assassins assigned to wreck vengeance upon the terrorists who wiped out eleven of that country's athletes at the 1972 Olympic games in Munich. As such it functions as a well-made and suspenseful thriller. But that's not its main business. Neither is a hymn of hate to the Palestinian perpetrators of that heinous crime, which was the true beginning of modern terrorism, carried out in the full glare of the media...
Both of these latter acts—the passage of the Solomon Amendment and the end to ROTC funding—are characteristic of an embittered and misunderstood relationship between the military and universities like Harvard. For its part, Harvard’s opposition to the military’s policy towards homosexuals should not amount to a total exile of all recruiters and ROTC cadets; by denying access to its exceptional pool of lawyers, doctors, scientists, and soldiers, the University discredits the national importance of the military and refuses it important resources. This is not to say that Harvard...
...theaters to step outside modern constructs and approach the work of her Brown graduate students with open minds. Using a post-modern approach, the graduate playwriting students are, as Vogel describes them, “20 years ahead of us,” and thus, more likely to be misunderstood. “Theater is always about the younger generation, who are the iconoclasts, and how they are being translated to [all] the generations,” Vogel said. Having already passed through this iconoclastic phase herself, Vogel is now experiencing widespread critical and popular success. And luckily for Vogel...
...rhythmically and melodically dynamic behind the drums and John Stirratt is powerful on bass and harmony.The true genius of the live-album format is revealed in the many moments where Wilco’s performance transcends their pre-recorded material. At the end of opener “Misunderstood,” Tweedy boldly forces his voice up an octave to declare: “I’d like to thank you all for nothing at all/I’d like to thank you all for nothing” before leading a raucous crowd through a lengthy chant...