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From the Pentagon Papers victory, Abrams traces the trajectory of his own career, which was marked by victories defending broadcasters and print journalists in several landmark libel lawsuits. Then, on page 188, Giuliani enters Abrams’ narrative, and the plot thickens...
...secret of Hustle & Flow's appeal is that it's a conventional dream movie with a realistic surface--a marshmallow dipped in grit. With its muddy color palette, the film looks as if it has been painted on velvet. But the plot is pure wish fulfillment. DJay gets transformed from no-gooder to go-getter by beautiful music (when he's moved to tears by a church choir). Then there's the Rocky factor. That movie, about a bum turned hero, was a happy pill after the traumas of Vietnam and Watergate. Brewer sees his film as a return...
These incidents led a black student group to call for a speech code on campus. Thomas’ book follows HLS through the next three tumultuous years, during which time a speech code was a very real possibility. But he does not stick religiously to the plot: as Thomas introduces different professors and administrators, he often gives extensive histories of their legal and political careers. It is in these biographical sketches that he is harshest...
Those unfamiliar with the events surrounding the assassination will find many such details in this book that will surprise them. Originally, for example, Booth plotted to kidnap the President by abducting him from a theater box during a command performance. Also, Lincoln's assassination was part of a larger plot to simultaneously murder the Vice-President and Secretary of State, neither of which was successful. Sometimes Geary throws in a weird fact just for its color, such as Lincoln's spooky dream about his own assassination...
...ever the Philippines needed some holistic healing tips, it's now. Arroyo says there's a conspiracy to bring her down. She said in a speech last week that "those who plot against the government in this time of clear danger ... are no better than economic saboteurs. They have nothing good to contribute to our country but bring [misery] for one and all." It's not just one plot, however. There are countless being hatched, some surreptitious, others gleefully open, and not a few that are trial balloons filled with nothing but gas. That has spawned a host of wild...