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There was mist and rain in London too, where Churchill spoke just after Big Ben had sounded 3 p.m.: "This is your victory. It is the victory of the cause of freedom in every land." Then the crowds sang For He's a Jolly Good Fellow. And God Save the King...
...international TV. Indeed, the tournament's size favors heedless youth. In a draw containing 128 players, the eventual victor must win seven matches in two weeks, some of which are bound to be played on ill-kempt outer courts, some of which are bound to be interrupted by rain or darkness. The physically tireless have the edge in these circumstances. And so do those who can avoid dank brooding on fate's fickleness...
...unbroken often leads nowhere. Singin' in the Rain was not really improved by being turned into a splashy Broadway musical. Casablanca will not be improved if it is remade with John Travolta as Rick and Brooke Shields as Ilsa, with Prince singing As Time Goes By. Come to think of it, would baseball be improved if we speeded it up for today's busy audiences by ending the game after six innings? Do we really need a new national anthem, with a tune that can be sung and words that can be remembered...
...defend her brothers from bullies?temper the hardness the Gao children sometimes display. Gu packs his film with vivid period details: boys play hacky-sack with a flaming chestnut, a couple preserves eggs in handfuls of sticky mud, a family's supply of coal dissolves under a sudden rain. The camerawork is flawless; the takes long and sinuous...
...stone-faced geologists warned that the sky threatened to rain millions of tons of volcanic ash, the audience couldn’t help but laugh...