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...parable, stupid. But also because Infante has a natural nobility that explains why? José Carlos (J.C. for short) remains loving through this Calvary of abuse. In so many of his films, a Pedro smile or tear or grimace? make the wildest plot twist plausible (almost). A great spirit must endure great suffering. His silent soldiering-on here is no less heroic than the dreadful beating he takes, and then dishes out, during the Pepe el Toro boxing match. As the ringside announcer says with awe in that movie, "His heart is so big, his chest can't contain...
...with the prosecutor, Willy Beachum (Ryan Gosling). Beachum is eager to close what appears to be an open-and-shut case and move on private practice with a white-shoe law firm. Wily Ted counts on Beachum's inattentiveness, but doesn't count on the young lawyer's scrappy spirit, his growing sense that justice must be done before ambition can be served. Up to a point, the movie has a certain intricacy and novelty...
...conditions for their children. Middle class ideology said that if blacks would work hard, they would advance in life and earn respect. But then as now, what the middle class failed to recognize is that without equal rights, these groups could never achieve the American dream. To demonstrate the spirit of individualism that pervaded the country of the time, Richardson peppers her overarching view of societal trends with tales of actual individuals. The aptly chosen lives she traces help the reader understand the motivations of the time and make it more personal. These individual stories allow Richardson to delve into...
...doubtful that spirit of cooperation will last. The further that Iraq slides into civil war, the more the Kurds will want to insulate themselves from it, by carving out more political and economic autonomy. Even if they stop short of outright secession, the Kurds could still unleash new conflicts in Iraq if their impatience with the fecklessness of the Baghdad government prompts them to take action on their own. The most explosive flashpoint is Kirkuk, the disputed oil-rich city that the Kurds lay claim to. As Iraq's Kurdish President, Massoud Barzani, said on March 22 during the farewell...
...Cult of Yale,” whose cover bore the headline “Hating Harvard: Should we all have just gone to Yale?” The article enraged a lot of my friends, who told me I was a bitter freshman without any school spirit. But the article’s publication meant something more than that: it meant that I could take a look my school, tear it apart, and still wholeheartedly love it. I have had “fun” in these past four years. Perspective is hard to come by at Harvard...