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...pair had already spent several years off and on living in the Highlands among the Ganiga tribe of the Nebilyer Valley. For First Contact (1983), which was nominated for an Academy Award, the pair discovered silent 1930s footage of dumbfounded warriors meeting the first white men to enter the area. Combined with the present-day memories of old people who could vividly recall the arrival of the gold-seeking Australian Leahy brothers and their "giant bird" planes, the effect was hypnotic. Joe Leahy's Neighbours (1989) followed, charting the struggle of Mick Leahy's mixed-race...
...antibodies often make the transplants impossible. As a result, most patients wait three to seven years for a kidney from a cadaver--which lasts only half as long as an organ from a live donor. To help solve this problem, Segev and Gentry devised a way to improve kidney-paired donation, which involves matching a patient who has a willing but incompatible donor with a donor-patient pair who have the same dilemma. In a swap, the donor from the first pair gives a kidney to the patient in the second pair, and the donor in the second pair gives...
...pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz have been stolen ... The thief is being described as 'armed and fabulous.'" --DAVID LETTERMAN...
...giddy, cultivated intrigue of a Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes photo op--or as close as you can come in Washington. A full hour after the scheduled start, the couple that everyone was waiting for finally touched down on the red carpet. They posed together with practiced ease, a pair so appealing and yet so unlikely that you had to wonder what had brought them together: chemistry or ambition? "Ladies and gentlemen," Miramax chairman Harvey Weinstein proclaimed as they swept into the packed theater, "I'd like to introduce you to the first, great 2008 bipartisan presidential ticket...
...Texans and avid cyclists with at least a casual interest in politics. The seven-time Tour de France winner and the leader of the free world shared the trail last weekend at Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas. White House press secretary Trent Duffy wouldn't say whether the pair discussed politics (Armstrong opposes the Iraq war and wants more spending on cancer research), but at the end of a two-hour, 17-mile spin, Bush gave Armstrong, whom he described as "a good rider," a T shirt and suggested, "Let's go swimming." For his next play date...