Word: wwii
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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With the "explosion of knowledge" after WWII, Cole says, "It seemed to us that they were reading more, there was more being published, and they were using more to teach...
Coyne, the author of Domers: A Year at Notre Dame and A Day in the Night of America, which describes night workers throughout the U.S., attributed his final success with a publishing house to the 50th anniversary celebrations of WWII earlier this decade...
...negotiated breakup of Germany after WWII...
...much verve and confidence that it can veer crazily from slapstick comedy to touching romance without sacrificing a whit of stylistic consistency. I truly do not believe that it could have been directed better; however, the film was just not as technically and logistically demanding as the two WWII pictures. Though it may be unfair to compare apples and oranges, the Academy can and will--such is Madden's misfortune...
Saving Private Ryan: Spielberg's WWII baby is clearly the front-runner here, and notonly because its Oscar victory been foreshadowedby the Golden Globes, the DGA awards and hundredsof critics' associations. Private Ryan is aquintessentially American movie. Despite criticalhyperbole setting the film up as a panculturalantiwar film a la All Quiet on the WesternFront, it is as hyperpatriotic as any JohnWayne picture of the 50s. And that's what theAcademy wants--clean lines. Kill the damnedGermans, and try to get out alive.Shakespeare in Love: John Madden's lovelyfilm came out of nowhere to wow the movie goingpublic with something that...