Word: owen
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...good poetry can, particularly that written in trenches and foxholes amid the horrors of combat. It is one thing to read in a textbook that more than 116,000 U.S. soldiers died in World War I; it's quite another to be struck by the question British poet Wilfred Owen raised in his Anthem for Doomed Young: "What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?/Only the monstrous anger of the guns./Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle/Can patter out their hasty orisons." But Owen never learned that he had penned some of the most celebrated verse to come...
...these missives, just the eternal mystery of man's preference for the call to arms over the Golden Rule. These epistles haunt the soul the same way the best war poems do--perhaps even more poignantly, because we know what their authors didn't: that in Owen's memorable line, their eyes would very soon "shine the holy glimmers of good-byes...
SHANGHAI NOON Directed by Tom Dey Starring Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy...
...Wild West and the Far East. Jackie Chan, the talented martial arts guru, stars as the acrobatic Imperial Guard, Chon Wang who travels to America to rescue the beautiful kidnapped Chinese Princess (Lucy Liu). Chan must rely on the help of a partner who he does not trust (Owen Wilson), a wife he doesn't want, and a horse he cannot ride. Combining mean martial arts moves and impeccable charm, Chan seems much more comfortable on the American screen than he did in his previous hit, Rush Hour. While Chan is always dynamic, the real star of this funny summer...
Train buffs consider this 2,750-mile, three-day, five-province journey one of the best in the world because of the train's refurbished Art Deco-style cars and first-rate service and the stunning scenery. Owen Hardy, president of the Society of International Railway Travelers, praises the Canadian as "a classic example of the elegant modern trains rolled out by the private railroads in their last-ditch battle against the automobile and interstate highways...