Warm profitable Greek wedding proves clean films attract crowds
Editorial notes that moviemakers should heed public demand for cleaner, warmer cinema after My Big Fat Greek Wedding drives near 100 million gross on a 5 million budget. Critics cite its emotional resonance, lack of villains, and broad appeal over violent big budget fare, suggesting a market for more such material.
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Leonard Maltin
Tom Hanks
Kenneth Turan
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Journal World publishers and staff history
Journal World records outline W C Simons founder Dolph Simons Sr and Dolph Simons Jr with roles spanning publisher editor and key dates from 1891 through 1979. It notes USPS postal permit at Lawrence Kansas and memberships in Audit Bureau of Circulations and Associated Press.
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
When introspection becomes an industry in Boston
A Boston morning scene follows a sky-blue September dome as a commuter notes how introspection has become routine after the Septembers of Flight 11 and 175. The observer describes a low plane over the city and a personal, non-PTSD mental pause, reflecting on changes since the Twin Towers attack.
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Boston
Anniversary of Sept 11 turns from shock to scripted ritual
Ellen Goodman examines how the first anniversary of Sept 11 has become a media and commercial event. TV, books, magazines, and T shirts repeat the tragedy, turning genuine grief into entertainment while survivors and mourners are repackaged for public consumption.
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Food Network
America
Onion
Fox News Channel
Julia Roberts
Rytellers
Princess di
Elvis Presley
Public Forum Letters on Respect, Pit Bulls, and Local Roads
Readers share views on courtesy in line behavior Pit bull safety and nonlethal handling calls, and a proposed road plan around wetlands. Hanson Workman thanks sponsors for a horseshoes state tournament coverage by Journal-World and notes public forum guidelines.
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Journal-World
Lawrence negotiators reach tentative 1977 wage accord
Police and city officials in Lawrence reached a tentative agreement on a wage and benefit package for 1978 after a period of on again off again talks and a brief work slowdown. Meanwhile firefighters would vote on the city offerings for the coming year. Kansas University chancellor Archie Dykes downplayed turmoil at the medical center following Robert Kugel’s resignation and David Waxman’s elevation to executive vice chancellor.
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Kansas University
Archie Dykes
Medical Center
Robert Kugel
David Waxman
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