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There were two kinds of lynchings. At the "orderly" ones, local bankers and lawyers attended to keep the bloodlust in check. What that meant is merely that the victim was hanged without torture. At the wilder scenes, the crowd egged itself on into a frenzy beyond imagining. Before Sam Hose was doused with oil and set afire, he had his ears and fingers cut off and the skin stripped from his face. Jesse Washington, a retarded farm worker convicted of killing a white woman, was hung by a chain over a bonfire and repeatedly dipped into the flames...
...eventual success contributed, she says, to the breakup of her already troubled marriage in 1983. But now comes the part that romance readers love: into Roberts' house and life walked a 6-ft. 7-in. carpenter named Bruce Wilder. They were married two years later and have lived, so far, happily ever after. He has made substantial repairs and additions to the original house and also runs the Turn the Page bookstore in nearby Boonsboro, which boasts a collection of the entire Roberts canon and has become a mecca to her fans, some of whom call themselves (uh-oh) Noraholics...
Ever since reformist President Mohammed Khatami's upset election with a nearly 70% vote three years ago, Iran has been on a pretty wild ride. It may be about to get a bit wilder if the little brother gets his way. Reza, 40, 16 years younger than the President, is leading the reform ticket in this week's elections, and by most accounts the reformers are set to take control of the assembly from Islamic conservatives...
Shatter stylishly, one must add. The writing by Alan Ball, whose first produced screenplay this is, consistently surprises--not so much in what it says, but in how it says it. He even risks having his story narrated by Lester from beyond the grave and makes Billy Wilder's old trick seem fresh. And the stage's Sam Mendes, also making his first film, dares a touch of expressionism, which we happily indulge, partly because he knows when to stop, mostly because the energy and conviction he and his cast bring to this movie do not permit second thoughts...
...doing 12 months from now, don't bother reading this. Parties are raging and goodbyes (to say nothing of bodily fluids) are being exchanged like lira for euros. We approve whole-heartedly of this Bacchanalian excess and hope that each of the next four days and nights prove wilder than the one before. Nonetheless, it's impossible to wade through all this raucous merriment without sensing tension when well-wishers turn sullen and mutter under their breath as arch-enemies pass by, or when two friends stand aloof because one is moving to New York and the other to Sydney...