Word: past
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...John Coffey's powers extend beyond mere healing - he also possesses the ability to sense evil in others. He sees the violent thoughts within the deranged Wild Bill, and is repulsed by the realization that there is more to his murderous past than he is letting on. In Percy (perhaps the most despicably obnoxious character ever to grace the silver screen), he recognizes the arrogance and sheer malice that is most intensely manifested in his cruelty towards the inmate Eduard Delacroix. First, he breaks his fingers with his billy club; then, he crushes Mr. Jingles beneath his boot, necessitating John...
...final scene from 1935, the story shifts back to the present for a wrap-up that comes across as contrived (the same problem plagued Saving Private Ryan). Instead of ending the film in the present, it would have been much more powerful to cut it off in the past. Still, despite this minor blemish, the film is a spectacular cinematic achievement, and although Oscar time is still far away, The Green Mile seems destined to grab the Academy's attention...
Worcester Fire Department Chief Dennis Budd spoke next, thanking those who had given support to the Worcester fire department over the past week...
...Harvard men's hockey team has upset Boston College in each of the past two seasons. The trifecta, however, won't be quite so stunning...
Brown winger Kim Insalaco, holding the puck behind the Harvard net, found winger Kristy Zamora wide open on the doorstep and she one-timed it past Springer, cutting the Crimson lead...