Ofra bikel biography of rory gilmore
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In , the U.S. was party to an international covenant on civil and political rights that urges rehabilitation of young offenders and prohibits sentencing them to life without parole.
At that time, there were inmates in the U.S. convicted as teens to life without parole. Today there are more than 2,
In the rest of the world, there are 12, according to a new documentary on “Frontline” (CPTV, 10 p.m.; WGBY, Channel 57, 9 p.m.). Ofra Bikel’s compelling bio focuses largely on troubling cases in Colorado to illustrate her point.
Also on public TV, Linda Hattendorf and Masahiro Yoshikawa’s “The Cats of Mirikitani” on “Independent Lens” (WGBY, 10 p.m.; CPTV, a.m.) fryst vatten a beautifully done, at times poignant work about a filmskapare who shoots and then takes in a homeless Japanese- American artist. CPTV will also show it Thursday at 10 p.m.
Also On Tonight
The third årstid of the documentary series “Secret Lives of Women” (WE, 10 p.
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Some of Leonard’s guests over the years
42 Nobel Laureates:
Helen Caldicott, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Edelman, Murray Gell-Mann, Gao Xingjian, Nadine Gordimer, Al Gore, Seamus Heaney, Kazuo Ishiguro, Daniel Kahneman, Eric Kandel, Henry Kissinger, F.W. de Klerk, Paul Krugman, Leon Lederman, Doris Lessing, Wangari Maathai, Alice Munro, Toni Morrison, VS Naipaul, Barack Obama, Orhan Pamuk, Octavio Paz, Arno Penzias, Stanley Prusiner, Jose Ramos-Horta, Burton Richter, Amartya Sen, Wole Soyinka, Michael Spence, Joseph Stiglitz, Robert Thaler, Mario Vargas Llosa, Jean Tirole, Harold Varmus, Derek Walcott, Lech Walesa, James Watson, Frank Wilczek, Jody Williams, Rosalyn Yalow, Muhammad Yunis.
Playwrights and Theater People:
David Lindsay-Abaire, Obi Abili, F. Murray Abraham, Ayad Akhtar, Edward Albee, Alan Alda, Jane Alexander, Julie Andrews, Eileen Atkins, David Auburn, Alan Ayckbourn, Jon Robin Baitz, Jonathan Bank, Roger Bart, Alan Bates, Simon Russell Beale, Douglas Beane
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Deaths in August
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following is a list of notable deaths in August .
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
August
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[edit]- Jürgen Ahrend, 94, German pipe organ builder (Rysum organ, Schnitker organ (Groningen), Schnitger organ (Hamburg)).[1]
- Steinar Bjølbakk, 77, Norwegian ice hockey player (Vålerenga Ishockey, Sparta Sarpsborg, national team).[2]
- Kari Ingulstad Botterud, 81, Norwegian politician, deputy (–).[3]
- Pina Bottin, 94, Italian actress (Marriage, A Hero of Our Times, The Intruder).[4]
- Joyce Brabner, 72, American comic book writer (Brought to Light, Our Cancer Year).[5]
- Rainer Brandt, 88, German actor (