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...less, in real time. In Washington, a Republican Senator (Cruise) reveals a new wrinkle in the war on terrorism to a skeptical journalist (Streep). In Southern California, a college professor (Redford) tries to prod a restless student (Andrew Garfield) from apathy to engagement. In Afghanistan, two of the teacher's former students (Derek Luke and Michael Peńa), now soldiers, find themselves in the military offensive the Senator outlined. The film, written by Matthew Michael Carnahan and directed by Redford, is Cruise's first project as co-head (with producing partner Paula Wagner) of the revived United Artists...
ROBERT REDFORD And I got kicked out of school, so I want to play a teacher ... I was attracted to it for a personal reason. At this point in my career, I wanted to express my own feelings about my country and where it is. That's the first thing. The other is that there weren't that many [serious] films coming out, because the film business has gone a little more toward straight-out entertainment. So when I saw the script, I thought, This is smart. It's also tricky, because it's a triptych. How do you balance...
...bris, the rite in which a boy's foreskin is removed at 8 days old, Theo Margaritov's family welcomed him in April with a brit shalom, a cut-free ceremony. "That's the way God made him," says his mom Deborah, 33, a raw-foods cooking teacher in Brooklyn...
...that yoga can be harmful when practiced incorrectly, and your article highlighted several problems [Oct. 15]. There are more than a thousand yoga poses and many modifications of each of these. Not all are beneficial for each person. It is therefore important to discuss health issues with the yoga teacher when starting classes. Philip Ginsberg, Cape Town
...think it’s an impressive trait. I think we do it through cognitive metaphor—that is through recognizing the similarity between a novel abstract thought and a known concrete idea and transferring one known structure to the other.4. FM: My high school English teachers always hated it when I used the word “stuff” but you just put it in your book title. As a word expert can you verify or negate the legitimacy of the word once and for all? SP: Yes, in my case I was using it not just...