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...Moore is a joke. We have serious problems to deal with in this country right now, and we have this media hound. If Roy loves America, he'll find some time to do something constructive. We don't have time for this crap. Pat Bossman Virginia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should the "Ten Commandments" judge be punished? | 9/2/2003 | See Source »

...Boesman is a man frustrated by his inability to be free, crushed by the weight of apartheid. Eventually, after much personal loss, he even uses his fists against Lena's body to ease his own heartache; it is the only way he can express his anger without disrupting "white bossman." But in the eyes and ears of a strange Xhosa tribesman (Willie Jonah), Lena finds truth and independence, and her journey towards wholeness and humanity begins. This three-person cast carries the weight of apartheid and oppression on their tired and bruised shoulders. After a storm, Lena finds herself fully...

Author: By Desiree L. Lyle, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Film Archieve Features Black Arts | 3/16/2001 | See Source »

...Bruins game? Head back to the FleetCenter at 7:30 p.m. for Wrestlemania Road Rage. Balcony seats are just $15 and guarantee just as low-class and offensive an experience as ringside tickets. The Rage brings to Boston an elite roster of wrestlers including The Rock, Undertaker, Big Bossman and more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SATURDAY FEB 27 | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

...hope to it. At least, that's what Cornell and Minnie Wolf thought 34 years ago when they boarded the "Southern Comfort Special" in Albany, Ga., bound for Newark and a better life. Cornell, a hulking, powerful man who never got past the third grade, had toiled on the "bossman's" plantation picking beans, peanuts and cotton from can't-see in the morning until can't-see at night. Like thousands of Southern blacks, he had heard stories about those high-paying Northern jobs, those red brick Northern houses, and at 22 decided to take his 19-year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Down And Out And No Place to Go | 8/24/1987 | See Source »

...only because of rising land taxes, it did not take to its new role without some struggles. Historically, the company was secretive and suspicious of outsiders-a tone set by the founder's son and sole heir, mustachioed James Irvine Jr. For most of his 55 years as bossman, irascible "J.I." ruled the range from the spread's white frame "Mansion," battling with squatters, poachers and Government agents. At off-the-ranch social occasions, he liked to bring along a pack of unhousebroken dogs to express whatever pique he might hold against his hosts. Found dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Building: Homes on the Range | 9/22/1967 | See Source »

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