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...sure now of the wisdom of my opposition to the Vietnam War,” says Thernstrom, who led a Harvard teach-in against the war in the 1960s. “There was a naivete among those of us who opposed the war but did not foresee how terrible the [alternative] regime would...
With Modoc showing signs of fatigue and the clock approaching midnight, Beren finally came through with a service break. He was up 3-2 later in the third set when a light mist and drizzle started coming down, and the umpires debated the wisdom of continuing the match...
...accepted wisdom about Crispin Glover is that you don't want to make a film with him. Even though he's vastly talented, he's nuts. So it's not surprising that in Willard, his first starring role in a major film, Glover doesn't share many scenes with human beings but instead talks mostly to the rats he trains to take revenge on those who bully him. A remake of a 1971 horror film, the movie, which opens this Friday, is--assuming that masses of large rats gross you out--creepy and disturbing. And Glover, as usual, is phenomenal...
...Watching Charles on screen, we can see the source of Jackie's famed resilience. The star smiles as Charles says, "Father's a veteran. He knows best." The old man has a survivor's hard-won wisdom...
...tout the benefits to the economy of the region. Both of these rationales merely attempt to excuse the unconscionable destruction of the last of the American wilderness. Not only does it not make sense to cut down trees in order to save them, but it also defies all ecological wisdom. Clearing underbrush, not cutting down trees, most easily prevents fires. And even if there was no way to prevent these trees from being burned, then it would still be immeasurably better to let the trees burn rather than log them. The entire eco-system relies on the renewal of nutrients...