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Pagnol was in his 60s when he wrote his Memories of Childhood. Robert, a friend of Pagnol's, was 70 when he directed the film adaptations. These are old men's movies about youth. They tell us that memories are precious because life is short. Mothers will die in their prime, and boys will fall in the Great War -- a war that ended an age of innocence and left Pagnol with a bittersweet remembrance of things lost...
...commit? I got arrested. I was always prepared to go to jail. I figured I was facing 20; if I pled guilty, I could have gotten 10. I would have been a king in jail. We might have even won the trial. You know, you don't realize how precious a life is until you're in that position where you're gonna get killed, and you'll do anything to survive. And look what I did to survive. I went on that stand 30 times, and it killed me. I loved some of them guys...
...they turn to more undemocratic leaders at the extremes? Think about the general situation. How often, in the history of the world, do you have so many simultaneous revolutions occurring, with people who are trying to change their political and economic structures and cultural norms, all simultaneously? They have precious little time to rest and focus on any of these matters...
...followed by deportation? That was the punishment a Kuwaiti court handed last week to an Iraqi man accused of that offense. Later, responding to international outrage over the sentence, the Kuwaiti government claimed that the man had also worked for Iraqi intelligence. But by that time the authorities had precious little credibility as they tried to defend their brand of justice. Among 10 people tried last week for collaboration, some saw their lawyers for the first time in court. No witnesses were called, no evidence was produced, and there was no right of appeal...
Tighter regulation of pension plans is sorely needed. The U.S. cannot afford another massive bailout program. In addition, as the population ages, U.S. workers will face a growing burden of responsibility to care for the aged. Those hard-earned pensions represent more than precious protection for elderly Americans: they are also assets that the U.S. cannot afford to squander...