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"On every street in every city, there's a nobody who dreams of being a somebody." So went the trailer blurb for Martin Scorsese's mesmerizing "Taxi Driver," a portrait of an ordinary guy whose mind works a little differently from the rest of us. Before our eyes, Travis Bickle...
An ex-marine, Bickle has found himself stricken with insomnia, and, in the movie's opening scene, decides to undertake driving the moonlight shift on a taxi cab simply as a way of filling up the time. Increasingly fed up with the sordid people he encounters in his midnight runs...
All over the U.S., the decade of the '90s has seen a rapid reinvention of how the police do their jobs, especially in major cities. A change from squad cars to foot patrolling, a shift to "proactive'' policing that seeks to dissolve problems such as open-air drug marts rather...
Thankfully, Brush suffered only a bruised back and should return to action next game. Brush is more fortunate than Boston University freshman Travis Roy, who was paralyzed from the neck down on a similar play earlier this season.
Bobby, however, did not lack the machismo to rise up from the slum in Brooklyn where he grew up. Bobby is known today as one of the best recruiters (if not the best game coaches) in college basketball, and one of the hardest workers. He has sent a countless number...