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...years ago, right after the “Kargil” war between India and Pakistan. And the rapid Coca-Colanization of India continues: people still flock to movie-theaters to watch Hollywood blockbusters, HBO and CNN pull in as many viewers as the Doordarshan, India’s oldest channel, and McDonald’s milkshakes sell as much as the lassis you’ll get at a local dhaba...
...springs aren't particularly scenic, but they are easy to find. Follow the stench of sulfur to a mud-encrusted plateau in the southwest corner of Japan's oldest natural park, Unzen. There, boardwalks loop through clouds of steam and around the three springs. A tangle of steel pipes directs the water to hotels and resorts in the nearby towns of Unzen and Obama, the destinations of choice for Japan's honeymooners, the elderly seeking respite from their rheumatism and anyone preferring a soak to a hike...
...great action with believable atmosphere. Michael O'Sullivan (changed to Sullivan for the movie), a lieutenant to real-life Midwestern crime boss John Looney (re-named Rooney in the film), provides for his wife and two sons as a killer nicknamed The Angel of Death. When O'Sullivan's oldest boy, Michael, witnesses a rub-out, old man Looney and his homicidal son Conner decide to kill the whole family. But Sr. and Jr. O'Sullivan escape, hitting the road to Perdition, Kansas where the boy's aunt and uncle live. Along the way The Angel reaps vengeance on Looney...
Yoder's calls and letters touched many. Reporter George Pawlaczyk of the Belleville News-Democrat began writing stories about Yoder, and other papers followed. A columnist for the Natal Witness, South Africa's oldest newspaper, took up Yoder's cause. So did Dr. Patch Adams. Adams worked in the er at St. Elizabeths, a Washington mental hospital, during the '70s and '80s. Previously, in 1963, he was himself a patient at a psychiatric hospital for two weeks. He says he learned more from fellow patients than the distant doctors, and he felt a personal connection to Yoder's case...
...drew Jiminy Cricket; in Arcadia, California. Kimball began his Disney career in 1934 and was part of the team that designed a more expressive Mickey Mouse. He also worked on Pinocchio, Fantasia and Mary Poppins. DIED. JOACHIM EGON FUERST ZU FUERSTENBERG, 79, a member of one of Germany's oldest noble families; in southwestern Germany. Fuerstenberg helped manage family businesses, including a brewery founded in 1470. Known for his passion for art and rare books, he sold a portion of his collection in 1992 for $24.5 million. DIED. DHIRUBHAI AMBANI, 69, rags-to-riches founder of India's largest business...