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Author Dick Lehr told the story of Officer Michael Cox during a forum last night at the Harvard Kennedy School to illustrate a “code of silence?? that he and other speakers said is an “informal culture” among police officers around the world...
...choices, such as “Ride of the Valkyries” as Dr. Manhattan wins in Vietnam. Inclusion of Jimi Hendrix’s rendition of “All Along the Watchtower” and the overused Simon and Garfunkel hit “The Sounds of Silence?? feels heavy-handed and forced, but Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are a-Changin’” brilliantly caps a montage explaining the alternate world in which the Watchmen reside. This is almost enough to forgive Leonard Cohen?...
...largest unknown mass killings of the 20th century.”Produced and directed by Lemelson and edited by two-time Academy Award winner Pietro Scalia (“Black Hawk Down,” “JFK”), “40 Years of Silence?? documents the systematic and discreet extermination of an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 Indonesians from 1965 to 1966. The killings, which targeted members of the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI), a then-legal political entity, occurred under the direction of General Suharto at the time of his rise...
...another house, the sound of the doorbell is met by silence??until the door flies open with a bang. Even after Hartigan sees the young girl standing behind the door, he is visibly startled...
...Faced with this new set of bans, supporters of same-sex marriage can take action in two distinct and meaningful ways. In California, where the unsuccessful campaign against Proposition 8 seemed at times to lack a sense of purpose, young activists have ended their silence??organizing vigils, boycotts, and rallies to alter public perceptions and enact change even after the votes were cast. Their strong response, while a little late, should serve as inspiration for other Americans disturbed by the recent drawing-down of gay rights, toward the emergence of a broad national movement in support of same...