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...only knowledge most had about Somalia was from Black Hawk Down--Ridley Scott's graphic depiction of the 1993 raid in which Somali militias killed 18 U.S. soldiers, including one from a town that borders Lewiston. It didn't help that many Somalis are dependent on social services, taxing the already limited resources of the city. "I don't know what kind of grants the Somalis are getting, but they seem to be at the top of the list," says Linda Hubbard, 42, who moved from Lewiston to nearby Auburn. "A lot of us are just getting...
...penned horror trilogy. Anthony Hopkins reprises his Oscar-winning role as Hannibal the Cannibal in this film, which is directed by Brett Ratner. Following the success of his last Hollywood victory Rush Hour 2, Ratner now helms a decidedly different sort of action as he takes the reins from Ridley Scott (Hannibal). With Edward Norton as the retired FBI agent who returns to the Bureau to catch a family-slaughtering psychopath (the dashing Ralph Fiennes, believe it or not), this nail-biting psycho-thriller looks to outperform its predecessors...
Other people's marriages never cease to intrigue and puzzle. One that lasts for 47 years through two world wars, constant money worries, international fame and five children would seem solidly based on shared interests and attitudes and aligned emotions and temperaments. But as Jane Ridley demonstrates in this engrossing study of the relationship between Edwin Lutyens, the leading English architect of the first half of the 20th century, and his wife Emily, nothing could be further from the truth. Lutyens - the prolific and imaginative designer behind much of Imperial New Delhi, London's Cenotaph war memorial and scores...
...when he does it is in brief sentences. But he is quick to dismiss his critics and just as quick to praise his supporters and collaborators. When I read him part of Mark Ridley’s New York Times review of The Structure of Evolutionary Theory, Gould calls Ridley “one of my enemies” and scoffs at his comment that the book is too wordy. Two days later Gould paid generous tribute to Ernst Mayr, a forefather of the theory of punctuated equilibrium and fellow Harvard professor, in a lecture and book launch reception sponsored...
...Number of Oscars won by this year's Best Director nominees, Robert Altman, Ridley Scott, Peter Jackson, Ron Howard and David Lynch. Altman alone has directed more than 50 films