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...protagonists end up knowing that they were blessed by nothing more than a photo op--and knowing that the true, unacknowledged heroes were the men left behind to fight and die on Iwo Jima's black sands. The film follows three survivors: Ira Hayes (played by Adam Beach), Rene Gagnon (Jesse Bradford) and John Bradley (Ryan Phillippe), the co-author's father. To put it mildly, their lives do not continue on a heroic trajectory. At one point Bradley, forever assailed by nightmares that he never discusses, wishes that "there hadn't been a flag on the end of that...
...Diego exurb of Escondido to give a few impoverished families homes, all the more heartening. The project shows that low-income housing need not be dreary or demeaning: this is a lively and dignified piece of tightly woven architecture. Architects Christine Killory and her partner, Chilean-born Rene Davids, have used as their central idea a traditional Latin American form: each two- and three-bedroom unit is built around a small internal patio, and all 13 are arrayed around a central plaza and playground...
...small but determined group of demonstrators stood in the rain outside the Harvard Faculty Club Saturday afternoon to protest a conference on El Salvador at which Rene Leon, the Salvadoran ambassador to the U.S., was speaking. The sound of cars on the wet pavement of Quincy Street mingled with the chanting of the Boston branch of the national Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES). To protest the “Salvadorans in the World” convention, the small group rallied with cries of “Leon, escucha!” “Escucha?...
...hates, and escaping the duplicitous world of sports betting. Since I am a sports fan, the many, many scenes of high-stakes college football in this movie should have enthralled me. Since I am a lover of drama, the convoluted love triangle between Walter’s wife, Toni (Rene Russo), Brandon, and Walter should have kept me on the edge of my seat or at least, interested. And yet, more often than not, I found myself checking my watch. The weird sexual subplot between youthful Brandon Lane and middle-aged Toni Abraham is unbelievable and kind of grotesque...
...arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them." Is she scared because poor and black people might want to stay in Texas? I encourage her to live in the Astrodome for a week and then ask herself how she feels. Rene L. Dalem Charneux, Belgium...