When the art student with the big smile and the famous actor-playwright joined creative forces, they scripted a friendship as well as a performance. Story
[Times photo: Dirk Shadd]
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Sunday journal: Armed with innocence
Buses in Iran in 1971 were works of art. They were decorated by their drivers with all manner of beads, pictures and fringes. My friend Patti and I alighted from this one in the city of Qom in central Iran after traveling all night.
McBride's new tour of duty
Hidden in a brush-choked ravine 25 miles south of Da Nang, the squad of nine Marines sprang an ambush on 15 North Vietnamese soldiers. In the muzzle-to-stomach firefight that ensued in the dwindling daylight, the squad took several casualties. A medic was shot through the throat and killed.
A new light shines
The Museum of Fine Arts mixes some of its contemporary works with loans from collectors for two provocative exhibits.
Diversity? Signs point in all directions but forward
The fall TV landscape can make you wonder whether the networks are progressing in their efforts to bring more people of color to the screen.