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...surprisingly organized. Unfortunately, their organization can't make up for the rain, fog, or LaGuardia's typical chaos and congestion. I receive a green ticket, number 90, and I'm directed into a line with other spiritually and emotionally broken travelers. We all sit down like a herd of sheep, forced into a corner with nothing but concrete under our feet. "We" are mostly college kids and a few lonely professionals and grandparents...

Author: By Robert J. Saranchak, | Title: A Day With Little Giving of Thanks | 12/1/2000 | See Source »

...protests to the contrary, one can see the same images appear again and again in his films, from "Chien andalou" to "That Obscure Object": insects; eyes being harmed; blind men as unscrupulous predators; sheep as serene creatures, roosters and hens as evil ones; and the most famous Buñuelian motif of all, erotically charged images of feet and shoes. Though he declared he maintained an emotional distance from the majority of his "obsessions," "Objects of Desire" does contain the admission that a personal fascination did indeed lie behind the inclusion in his films of various sequences showing the bared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Not-So-Discreet Charm of Luis Buñuel | 11/30/2000 | See Source »

...back year after year, through thick and thin. Last season, the Red Sox had the highest-priced tickets in the majors, and still the team set a franchise record for attendance. As one Boston baseball scribe put it last Sunday, Red Sox "fans roam through the turnstiles like grazing sheep...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Legends of the Fall: For Sox Fans, It's Time to Take One for the Team | 11/28/2000 | See Source »

...together. He has two choices: cut a deal with the ultra-Orthodox Shas Party or swallow hard and hold hands with Sharon. It will very probably be Sharon's last bid for power--the final attempt of a legendary general to grab his country's highest office. If his sheep are scared, they have reason. Sharon has shown a willingness to sacrifice to get what he wants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hard Times, Hard Man | 11/27/2000 | See Source »

...only the sheep who are unnerved. In the eyes of many, it was Sharon who touched off the Holy Land's latest crisis when he visited the Temple Mount--Arabs call it Haram al-Sharif--in September, infuriating Palestinians and triggering a new intifadeh. The visit set off speculation: Did Sharon know what would happen in reaction to the visit? Did he plan the trip as a way to begin a push for power? Does the old cowboy feel any remorse about what happened in the violent weeks after his stroll? If he does, he hasn't been showing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hard Times, Hard Man | 11/27/2000 | See Source »

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