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...recently learned that your family has a large African-American wing. I was very emotionally touched to discover that. I went to speak at the installation of a historical marker at my great-grandfather's grave--he's buried near Sam Houston--and this guy walks up to me and says, "Sir, my name is James Baker." You've got to go a long way back--to great-great-grandfather--to have a common ancestor, but it was really interesting. These are really wonderful people. We went to a big reunion and had a wonderful time. And we're going...
...corrupt state government greatly improves upon his emotive outburts from “Mystic River.” Yet, at times, whether because of his prominent cowlick or projectile spittle, Penn’s performance errs towards the mentally-retarded character he played in “I am Sam.” Less can be said for his supporting cast. Jude Law wilts as Jack Burden, who is the central character of the novel but becomes secondary in the film. Penn Warren’s narrator invokes moral ambiguity and empathy; Law annoys the audience with his poor Southern...
Many portrayals of young women in movies or literature today show us to be assertive and self-assured in our pursuit of the opposite sex: it was Natalie Portman’s Sam who first started talking to Zach Braff’s Andrew in “Garden State,” after...
...spread misinformation. From his unique perch at TIME's Saigon bureau, the popular, plugged-in An was able to achieve feats for both sides, alerting the Viet Cong to the impending buildup of U.S. troops in the mid-'60s and secretly arranging for the release of American journalist Robert Sam Anson, captured in Cambodia by the Khmer Rouge...
...completion rate.A big part of the reason why: the line sacked DiGiacomo four times, giving the Crimson 13 total in only two games.Junior defensive end Desmond Bryant had 1.5 sacks Saturday, while sophomore defensive tackle Matt Curtis aided with a pair, sophomore Carl Ehrlich added another, and junior end Sam Workman earned credit for half a sack. The backfield pressure also helped ease the burden on Harvard’s secondary.“They make things a lot easier for us,” said junior cornerback Steve Williams, who had the Crimson’s only turnover?...