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...David Hemmings, Bob Hoskins and Ray Winstone) bibulously set forth to scatter his ashes in the sea. As they drive, flashbacks inform us of a life richer in complexity, coincidence and moral confusion than we might expect from a humble shopkeeper. Schepisi also wrote this patient adaptation of Graham Swift's Booker prizewinning novel, in which wry humor and even a certain sexiness break through the reserve of a rueful, realistic, but finally emotionally rewarding film. --By Richard Schickel
...massive air power and an alliance with local forces exploiting the Afghans' disenchantment with the Taliban's cruel excesses. But a new book - Carnage and Culture by Victor David Hanson (Doubleday; 492 pages) published a month before the Sept. 11 atrocity - suggests a more fundamental reason: a facility for swift wars of annihilation that Westerners began acquiring in the valleys of Greece 2,800 years...
...action was justified by the Archdiocese’s new “zero-tolerance” policy for alleged molesters, which was developed as a response to scandals over the past months that have uncovered hundreds of potential victims. As a result of the Cardinal’s swift-handed “responsiveness,” Rev. Spagnolia can no longer live at St. Patrick’s rectory in Lowell. His ousting was spurred by the accusation of one man who claimed last week that when he was 14 years old, Spagnolia had twice sexually abused...
...Elsewhere in the Olympic cosmos at the same time, a 5'4", 34-year-old man named Derek Parra churns several swift laps in the 1,500-meter speed skate race, and charges toward the finish, hoping to hold on. Meantime, the Games' marquee event, women's figure skating, is well underway. The usual suspects - Irina Slutskaya of Russia and American teenagers Sasha Cohen and Sarah Hughes - are already placed 1-2-3 as the elegant 21-year-old veteran Michelle Kwan skates to center ice to begin her short program...
Mihos claims that those sales could have helped cover the cost of the Big Dig, but that MTA staff who were allied with Swift stalled the sales to prevent any “good news” about MTA finances as she tried to fire the two board members because of the fiscal problems, according to yesterday’s Globe article...