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Lepanto is a synthesis of Twombly’s artistic experience and exploration of this line of thought. He deals with the famous sea battle through an investigation of carnage, destruction, tragedy, valor, victory, vulnerability, blood, physicality and even sexuality and eroticism...
...Budanov, 38, was a rising star in the Russian army when he came back to Chechnya as commander of the 160th tank regiment in September 1999. He was a hardened veteran of both Chechen wars, having earned two medals for valor and two early promotions that put him on the fast track to a general's stars. But that brilliant military career went off the rails when Budanov became the first high-ranking Russian officer to be charged with what amounts to a war crime: the abduction and premeditated murder of Kheda Kungayeva. Full Story...
...scrutinize these films with a Chinese censor's eyes, looking for political criticism or social irony in every frame. Of course, what is belligerent folly to the censor is political bravery to us. Some of the festival prizes given to Sixth Generation films seem like citations awarded for valor in the face of institutional myopia, rather than for cinematic achievement. And sometimes, the story behind a Sixth Generation work is more compelling than the story...
...earned the ECAC's Award of Valor given to an athlete "whose courage, motivation and relentless determination serves as an inspiration to all." In the fall of 1997, Stauffer took a year off to provide support for her brother Matt, who died of leukemia in January...
...politics? It was no ordinary conflict. As the war that ripped the country in two and finally ended slavery, it has emotional resonance--for the sons and daughters of slaves, for whites ashamed of their ancestors' actions, for Southerners resentful of Northern hegemony, and for Americans who honor the valor and bravery of soldiers from the North and the South. But Republican politicians get into trouble when some pro-Confederate groups--who go beyond simply honoring the soldiers and seem to show sympathy for slavery--join today's political fray. One of John McCain's backers in last year...