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...miles north of San Francisco, was closed to nonresidents as the Russian River rose toward the rooftops, and 465 citizens were airlifted to higher ground. A rural community called Rio Linda, a satellite of Sacramento, was so badly betrayed by a sandy bed called Dry Creek that a survivor named Rose Marie Simmons could only gasp, "It's real sad, real sad, looking at the place where you've been living, gone." Homes became islands in the sunny coastal necklace of glamorous enclaves like Malibu, which was cut off by the closure of the Pacific Coast Highway and canyon passes...
...system buckled, especially in the big cities. In some places the small group homes that absorbed the most troubled kids were themselves rife with drugs, violence and sexual abuse. Recalls 19-year-old Kenyetta Ivy, a survivor of nine New York group homes: "There were rats in the stove. I know some girls who tried to commit suicide, and the staff wouldn't even check on them." A traumatized child-care community launched the debate that continues today. Some championed earlier and more extended placement of damaged children in residential treatment, maintaining that institutional permanency was far preferable...
...story. At the same time, even those who don't know Wagner well may feel cheated that this Wagner parody doesn't even try to lampoon his scores. There are few pauses in the breakneck pace and very little in the way of real invention. Still, to any survivor of a real Ring cycle, it's refreshing to hear Wotan yell to his old enemy Alberich at the end, "Are you fryin' or drownin...
Very simply, Mickey, played hauntingly by Woody Harrelson, begins the spree by freeing his lover from her abusive parents. Juliette Lewis plays the high-pitched, writhing partner and bonded-by-blood lover, Mallory. The two of them kill masses of people but always leave one survivor to attest that Mickey and Mallory Knox were the perpetrators. When are tabloid press gets wind of them, their intention to secure their 15 minutes of fame seem to have come to fruition. To tell more would be to give away the rest of the film, but suffice it to say the substance...
...knife on June 18. But this time a female cop, herself a battering victim, encouraged Dana to seek shelter. On Tuesday, Dana checked herself into a shelter for battered women. There, she sleeps on a floor with her two closest friends, Sam and Odie -- two cats. Odie is a survivor too. Two months ago, Ted tried to flush him down a toilet...