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Forward thinking
An entirely subjective look at the week ahead.
By COLETTE BANCROFT
Published February 27, 2006
PORTS IN A STORM Despite the Bush administration's efforts to defuse the bipartisan uproar about its plan to hand over management of six major U.S. ports to a company owned by the government of the United Arab Emirates, legislation may be introduced this week to force further review of the sale. If that happens, President Bush has said he might use his veto power for the very first time (the last U.S. president to make it through a four-year term without a veto was Millard Fillmore). HISTORY LESSONS Two campus speakers this week offer unique perspectives on world issues. At 7 p.m. Tuesday, Paul Rusesabagina will speak at Fox Hall at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg. His efforts to save more than 1,000 people from genocide were the inspiration for the 2004 film Hotel Rwanda; his free talk is "Hotel Rwanda: A Lesson Yet to Be Learned." Call (727) 864-7979. Jared Diamond, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs and Steel, will be at the Marshall Center at USF in Tampa at 7 p.m. Thursday, to speak on "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed." That's also the title of his latest book, an analysis of how past civilizations have fallen, and what we can learn from them. Call (813) 974-1001 or go to www.ctr.usf.edu/uls. STARRY NIGHT What with an unusually fine mix of best picture nominees that focus on the margins of society - cowboys, criminals, cops, terrorists, even journalists - and Jon Stewart, the funniest man on television, on host duty, the Oscars are a must-see Sunday night. As usual, the glitziest way to take in the show locally is Oscar Night America, the official Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gala at Tampa Theatre, complete with red-carpet fashion commentary and limo rides. Go to www.tampatheatre.org. OSCAR BIRTHDAYS Speaking of the Academy Awards, three Oscar winners celebrate birthdays this week. Two share a birthday Tuesday: Joanne Woodward, who won best actress in 1958 for The Three Faces of Eve, turns 76, while Elizabeth Taylor, who has a pair of best actress Oscars for BUtterfield 8 in 1960 and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 1966, will be 74. On Wednesday, Ron Howard, who scored best director and best picture Oscars in 2002 for A Beautiful Mind, turns 52. By COLETTE BANCROFT, Times staff writer (727) 893-8435 or bancroft@sptimes.com
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