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...earth mother (or big sister) of all indies. McDormand's role was obvious and shrill, but she tempered it with her usual intelligence. Williams plays arguably the one unequivocally sympathetic character in Brokeback, and does so with quiet yearning beauty. And Adams redefines "adorable" as the star-struck yokel in Junebug. I like all these actresses, and most of their roles, but I like most that Adams came from practically nowhere to beguile and break my heart. Ergo...
...Both were struck by the specific injustice of the segregation of the Montgomery City Bus Lines, which became a national issue when Rosa Parks made her stand in that city in 1955. After that incident, the Dexter Avenue church became a growing meeting place for civil rights activists. Soon, King's life and legacy began to take shape in a public sphere, while at home four children would soon enter the their household...
...when he was 26, Coria had a chance encounter that would change his life--and that of Tuxpan--forever. He ran into a vacationing restaurateur from Bridgehampton who was asking directions to the Palace of Fine Arts in downtown Mexico City. Coria showed him the way, the men struck up a halting conversation in Spanish, and within two years, Coria had accepted the American's invitation to work as a gardener in the Hamptons. A tourist visa to the U.S. came included with his plane ticket, both easily arranged by a Mexico City travel agency...
...infants who die before being baptized] was similar to life on earth but without sickness, death, unhappiness or failure. I was absolutely furious that I had been baptized and was therefore ineligible for limbo. Heaven, on the other hand, involved endless God worshipping and constant harp strumming. It struck me as terribly boring. The only thing heaven had going for it was that it was not so painful as purgatory or hell. Judith A. Merrill Wethersfield, Connecticut, U.S. Secret Snooping Time reported on the controversy over President George W. Bush's secret directive to allow the National Security Agency...
...Hight, 16, also made the U.S. women?s team). When she needs to escape the Gretchen grudge match, Teter meditates at a Benedictine monastery near her Vermont home. "I go there and kind of just forget about everything- my life, my stresses, my world," says Teter. She has also struck up friendships with the monks. ?They are sooooo cool,? she says. ?They are sooooo fun, and just super smart and jolly, you know?" Her Benedictine buddies won?t travel to Torino, but after the Games, Teter vows to fill them in. Since Teter and her teammates are sure to pile...