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The recent tragic news from Mumbai, formerly Bombay,  regarding the terrorists attacks, has again turned my thoughts toward the world’s largest democracy. Apropos of Bombay, long ago, Rudyard Kipling, the British writer, who was born in Bombay wrote:

Mother of Cities to me,
For I was born in her gate,
Between the palms and the sea,
Where the world-end steamers wait.

So Bombay was not only Kipling’s birthplace, but was also the port of entry for most of the Europeans who emigrated to India in the times when one traveled to India by ship. Bombay Gate, likely where those steamers  Kipling refers to made port, is just steps from the stately and regal Taj Mahal Hotel which was a target of those recent attacks. Read more »

As you know, noted actor Paul Newman passed away recently. Newman had been married to actress Joanne Woodward from January 1958 until he died.

They weren’t your standard version of a Hollywood couple. In fact, at the time of his death, they had lived in Connecticut for many years.

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Rio Natsume - Rio Bravo (November 20, 2008)
Line Communications/I-One
Catalog # LCDV-40343 - Region 2 Disc - 4:3 Aspect - MPEG-2
Running Time: 60 minutes

Nearly 50 years ago, in April of 1959, Academy Award winning director Howard Hawks released a Western or cowboy movie called Rio Bravo. It starredJohn Wayne as a Texas town Sheriff who has locked up a bad guy on a murder charge. The bad guy’s family hires a score of thugs. They intend to bust this guy out of the local jail no matter what.

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