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...writing plays that won him a few awards, before going on to become a TV script editor and writer. After his feature debut, the 1990 comedy Truly, Madly, Deeply, starring Alan Rickman and Juliet Stevenson, there was the low-key comedy Mr. Wonderful with Matt Dillon and Mary-Louise Parker. Then came The English Patient, which won nine Oscars, including Best Director and Best Picture - and suddenly people started paying attention. "He directed most of The English Patient with an ankle in plaster, never losing his gentle humor and precision," said Ralph Fiennes, who was nominated for an Oscar...
...morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Kevin Kit Parker was driving through a rough neighborhood in Baltimore on his way to the Johns Hopkins bioengineering lab where he worked as a post...
...Parker would soon make the decision to switch units within the Army Reserves in order to ensure that he would see immediate action in Afghanistan...
...can’t go over there and see someone step on a land mine and then come back here and work on your own problems,” Parker said. “You say, ‘I have to do whatever I can for the guys who are still back there...
...It’s a good moment.” The Lincoln Day Dinner is an annual event held by conservative organizations across the country. Past speakers include Miss America 2003, Harvard Law School alumna Erika N. Harold, and former welfare mother and conservative activist Star Parker. —Staff writer Laura C. McKiernan can be reached lmckiern@fas.harvard.edu...