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...hardly deny that director Taylor Hackford (The Devil's Advocate) is a skilled craftsman (although I've always wondered how a filmmaker can make it when he has the word "hack" in his name). Proof of Life is a handsome and intelligent picture that's both paced and shot beautifully. The breath-taking, ultra-gritty finale, in which Thorne and his team of mercenaries attempt a daring rescue operation, is reminiscent of the best work of Michael Mann. And yet the finale is also the only point in the movie in which Hackford the storyteller is truly allowed to cast...
...discussion, panelists offered suggestions for how the system can be improved. Northeastern University Law Professor Deborah Ramirez said that the police must learn "to build community" and make that one of their major responsibilities...
Crothers, despite starting against a relatively weak Brown squad, may face significant offensive pressure. Jonas was forced to make 77 saves over the weekend, and Crothers may encounter difficulty if the Crimson's defense allows so many shots tonight...
...There are a lot of families in America that work bloody hard...and don't make $10.25 an hour," he said. "That doesn't mean they shouldn't. But that's a separate discussion...
Such sentiments are less than encouraging for the aspiring Harvard critic-or critical professor. It may in fact be that academic impulse to perfect poetry, to make it the carefully crafted product of a deliberate mind, is misguided. "The thing people don't realize is that poetry is not cerebral," North admits, "but, like John, associative." With a carefully guarded smile, North adds those words that any young poetprays to hear: "You have to remember, poets don't always know what they're doing...