Word: paul
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...miracle takes place in a 1935 Southern prison, where the head guard on death row, Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks), is given a new perspective on life, fittingly, by a man sentenced to death--a larger-than-life inmate named John Coffey (Michael Clarke Duncan). Convicted for the unthinkable murder of two little girls, Coffey is placed on the Green Mile, the stretch of walkway that brings death row prisoners from their cells to the electric chair (usually called the last mile, but this particular one has green floor tiles). The unique bond that evolves between the sympathetic Edgecomb...
...Following the success of Saving Private Ryan, Hanks turns in yet another Oscar bid with his believable portrayal of the everyman, Paul Edgecomb. The model of fairness and discipline, Edgecomb is the ideal man to be charged with one of society's toughest responsibilities. As the caretaker of doomed criminals, his job requires him to grapple with death and justice on a daily basis, precepts that are often philosophically opposed. He suffers everything that a normal man suffers - pangs of conscience, doubts in the human capacity for good, and the occasional urinary tract infection. (When he scrambles into the bathroom...
There was an upbeat atmosphere in the basement of St. Paul's Church on Bow St. yesterday as potential bone marrow donors flowed through Asian American Brotherhood (AAB)'s inaugural bone marrow drive...
Massachusetts Governor A. Paul Cellucci followed Mariano in praising Worcester's "fallen heroes...
...Currently in the midst of their annual capital campaign, the gallery is showing 100 works donated by 100 artists, each $100. Most pieces are small format, with a predominance of Paul Caulfield-esque Op-Art canvases. Save up your Dorm Crew earnings to purchase Juliann Cydylo's fanciful "Edwardian Encounter" cutout...