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...later this month, in which we profile 80 days from the past eight decades that changed the world. In our continuing series exploring candidates for that final list, we look back at the 1940s, when every day seemed to prove that humankind was capable of incredible achievement and endless horror. There were a multitude of unforgettable dates during the six years of World War II. On May 10, 1940, the British put a controversial hawk named Winston Churchill in power. The new Prime Minister's first bold decision was to order a retreat, organizing the nine-day evacuation...
...attorney so that he or she may legally act on your behalf. Send notarized copies of the document to all your financial institutions and insist on acknowledgment. Jim Moon, who heads the deployment-services program at USAA, the big financial-services provider to military personnel, says he has heard "horror stories" about institutions that would not honor powers of attorney during crises because they were not properly worded. "Also, some powers of attorney are good only if you become incapacitated," he says. "You need one that functions if you're out of reach...
...though, Woodruff is correct in saying that the show rests on Eckert’s score and book. Eckert’s music takes the audience deep into the soul of violence and the horror...
...Sound of the Violin in My Lai,” one of the three films shown at the screening, testifies to the horror of history. The film was made in 1998 on the 30 year anniversary of the My Lai Massacre, when U.S. soldiers annihilated the rural village of My Lai in South Vietnam, killing hundreds of civilians...
...marries Luke, a rich Japanese-Chinese businessman in Kuala Lumpur. Their romance starts off passionately, but Luke's eye wanders and their union turns into a frosty farce. Luke pays a waiter to sleep with his wife and Dimple complies, hoping the assignation will lead to divorce. To her horror she finds she has stepped into her husband's new kinky obsession. Luke and Dimple's twisted relationship provides startling scenes that save the novel from reading like it's been cooked up from a best-seller recipe book. Some might feel uncomfortable with the way U.K.-based Manicka...