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...someone who came of age in the tumultuous 1960s. But Merkel, 51, though raised on the Beatles, grew up in East Germany. Her sense of the essence of the 1960s must be very different from that of Wessis of the same age - less flower power and protests against the Vietnam war, more Soviet tanks rolling into Wenceslas Square to crush the Prague Spring, and the numbing Soviet leadership of the Brezhnev era. Christian Wulff, 46, Governor of Lower Saxony and one of the most prominent young leaders in the Christian Democrat party, told reporters last month: "We need to look...
John Goodman [could play Summers]—he’s a very versatile actor. Summers is like [Goodman’s PTSD Vietnam vet] character from “The Big Lebowski”—they both have big plans, and they follow through on them. [For New], the mom from “That 70’s Show.” New has that very maternal and reassuring look about...
...White's North Country (NBM; 96 pages; $14) seems superficially completely different from The Quitter. Where Pekar explores the life of a Jewish immigrant's son in post-WWII urban America, White's experience is that of an nth-generation non-denominational Christian growing up as the child of Vietnam-era parents in the farmland of upstate New York. In spite of this, both books share themes of violence, the legacy of parental neglect, and the power of personal expression to move people beyond their crushing circumstances. For a first-time graphic novel author, Shane White exhibits a remarkable talent...
McCombe was born in New Bedford, Mass. in 1946, where he was one of three adopted children in a family of eight. A high school football player, he also served in Vietnam in the Navy from...
...discrimination policy is just an excuse to diss the military: Harvard has been antagonistic towards the armed services since long before anyone ever talked about gays in the military. Bowing to pressure following the 1969 takeover of University Hall by Vietnam War protesters, the school ended official recognition of campus ROTC activities, an affront not only to our nations defense, but to the many students whod voluntarily signed up to serve our country. Apparently these protesters wanted even more young people to be subject to the draft, because that was the likely result...