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...Martin Vail, a media-mad defense attorney in Chicago, who takes on--mostly for publicity--the case of a young man accused of murdering the city's beloved Catholic archbishop. Before he's through, Martin uncovers civic corruption, some hanky-panky with the alter boys, a double-twist ending and the idealism hidden deep in his heart. He also gets to banter winningly with the prosecuting attorney (Laura Linney), his once and (almost certainly) future lover...
...speaker accuse another candidate of egregious crimes while somber music plays in the background. No more will opposing candidates be pictured in black-and-white photographs that look like mug shots. No longer will we have to steel ourselves against advertising lest we react too favorably to words that twist the truth. We're done with that...but only in the political process...
...interesting but not wholly plausible twist, despite Earl's "white" identity and Southern roots, it is actually he who shakes off his prejudices most easily. Beneath Earl's expressionless facade, he harbors no real racism and sincerely wants to get to know this brother he has never known. Ray's conversion is the true struggle: though outwardly courteous, he holds on to his resentment and his hatred to the very end. An undercurrent of tension therefore remains up to the day of Earl's departure, when Aunt T. shares a secret with them both that dissolves the final barrier between...
...Only a direct hit by a nuclear warhead on top of the mountain could take out the plant. Sneaking a conventional bomb through the front door would be impossible, and a precision-guided projectile fired from an attack jet or a cruise missile could never be programmed to twist and turn its way into the mountain's entrance and destroy the equipment inside...
EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey: Redemption of sorts will come to either Jim Boeheim or Rick Pitino in tonight's NCAA Mens championship basketball game. In an ironic twist, the game pits Syracuse coach Boeheim against the man who he hired as his first assistant coach two decades ago -- Kentucky's Pitino. For Boeheim, the game will be a chance to refute critics who say he is an underachieving coach who despite a wealth of talent has never won anything important. The Syracuse coach last went to the championship game in 1987 with a hugely talented team lead by future...