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...from the lovely Gina, who she told us that she had lost one of her nails in the popcorn. About two hours later, a pleasantly bourgeois woman emerged from a screening of the Tom Cruise extravaganza "Far and Away" and lodged a complaint with the manager. That she had torn herself from Tom's pristine complexion and pallid, rippling chest (in slow-motion, no less) was evidence of the seriousness of her plight. She had bitten down on Gina's crunchy lavender thumbnail, and was not at all amused...
Saigon fell on April 30, 1975, but Vietnam is still with us. A politician's war record--or antiwar record--evokes scorn or approbation; the masterfully manipulative Forrest Gump makes adults weep; we fret over quagmires, and still we can hear the air torn by helicopter blades and see that canted, top-heavy map on the evening news and recall precisely our draft-lottery number or that of our brother or son. Some brothers and sons did not return; they are still with us as well...
...graduating and I'm going to be pursuing a business career. I'm also a singer/songwriter and a musician," Minton said. "This mural shows how I'm torn between...
...media there are only negative images of Africa, of war-torn Africa," Chaponda said. "There are conflicts, but there are also very peaceful countries. That's not often reflected...
...these people went to a course and wereinstructed on how to check identifications," saidBreen. "One of the ID's did not match the[patron's] face and the other was a reserve IDwhich was...torn...