 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Paul Simon put public service ahead of self and political party.(News)
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Byline: Burt Constable
As wonderful, heartfelt and well-deserved as these glowing eulogies are, the bipartisan affection and admiration for Paul Simon almost seem misplaced.
That's because they are all about Paul Simon. As long as he was alive, Paul Simon's political career was never about Paul Simon. It was about us.
No matter what office he held or how much power he wielded, Paul Simon was, quite simply, our faithful public servant. He worked for us.
In a climate where political parties worry about which candidate is "electable" and ...
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DAVID LEAN: SCENE BY SCENE The forgotten hero of British cinema Tonight's Bafta tribute to the director Sir David Lean is kicking off a year of events celebrating his centenary - but this country has never truly recognised his worth, his widow tells Chris Hastings
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; Sandra Lean, widow of the film director Sir David, is recalling a recent item on Radio 4 about...Obviously they were trying to get the feel of a David Lean epic but they failed. Without David, it's not so easy." It's ironic, then...
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Remy Martin Amerique underwrites AFI Life Achievement Award; British Director Sir David Lean is 1990 honoree. (American Film Institute)
PR Newswire
; ...ACHIEVEMENT AWARD; BRITISH DIRECTOR SIR DAVID LEAN IS 1990 HONOREE HOLLYWOOD, Calif...This year's award honors Sir David Lean, the acclaimed British director...this year's award in honor of Sir David to the outstanding second-year...
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Scorsese prepares to realise David Lean's dying wish
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; IT WAS to be Sir David Lean's last and greatest film. Now, a...provisional budget of pounds 30 million. The David Lean Foundation is handling the negotiations...project right up to the end of his life. "David died just four weeks before he was due...
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Director David Lean, 83; won Oscar for `River Kwai'
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; Sir David Lean, the Oscar-winning director whose grandiose...the film has since been suspended. Mr. Lean, who once said he "never thought (I...from the American Film Institute. Mr. Lean embarked on his career in films at age 19...
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Scorsese hopes to complete Lean's `greatest legacy'
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...negotiating to fulfil the death-bed wish of Sir David Lean by completing his final film project. Sir David had intended his adaptation of Joseph Conrad...start of filming. Now, 11 years after Sir David's death, the director of Taxi Driver...
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David Lean: A Biography.
Magazine article from: America
; ...common: They are all the work of the British director Sir David Lean. David Lean is unique in that even his second-rung efforts...scene--as is a Lean movie. Its title is simply David Lean: A Biography (St. Martin's Press. 810p...
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The Cast of `Arabia' Night;The British Embassy Hosts Lean & the `Lawrence' Crew
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...thirsty for the chance to mingle with Sir David Lean and company. The select group of...be the lowest form of art," said Lean-who gets up very close when he...opened," said British Ambassador Sir Antony Acland-the party's host...
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David Lean's Epic Masterpiece "Lawrence Of Arabia" To Be Released On DVD On April 3, 2001, Winner Of Oscar's Best Picture Stars Peter O'Toole And Omar Sharif.Limited Edition DVD Packed With Added Value Features.Digitally Mastered And Repackaged Edition Also Available On Videocassette. Special Bloomingdale's PromotionPart Of CTHV'S 2001 Hollywood VIP Pass Promotion.
News Wire article from: Internet Wire
; ...and directed by legendary director Sir David Lean, will be released on DVD on April...The outstanding cast also includes Sir Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack...million impressions.. Synopsis David Lean follows the heroic true-life...
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'Castaway' Ronald Searle condemns Lean's River Kwai
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; ...of national British pride was "romantic nonsense''. Sir David Lean's Oscar-winning 1957 adaptation of Pierre Boulle...the most popular British war films ever made. It starred Sir Alec Guinness as the stoic Colonel Nicholson, a man so...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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Lean: The Movie . . . by his widow.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
; ...Byline: NIGEL DEMPSTER FIVE years after the death of Sir David Lean, who directed film classics such as Lawrence Of Arabia...happen. `I'm talking to lots of people and am sure David's story would make a wonderful film. The sixty-four...
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