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In Afghanistan, an old tradition allows families without a son to transform one of their daughters into a boy. These little girls, known as bacha posh, spend their early years dressed as boys and are accorded all the privileges and responsibilities of being male-but after puberty, they must revert to the female roles into which they were born. This program follows four girls who temporarily became the sons their parents longed for. Shabina has recently...
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The Supreme Court's landmark decision that it is unconstitutional to execute people who are mentally retarded reverses decades of jurisprudence. In this program, ABC News correspondent John Donvan visits the ongoing legal battle that prompted the initial 1980 ruling, the case of Texas convict John Paul Penry. Argument rages not over Penry's guilt but what determines mental retardation. Commenting on the case are Joe Price, prosecutor in all of Penry's...
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The author describes his rise to success in the world of professional tennis, his controversial on-court behavior, his marriages to actress Tatum O'Neal and pop star Patty Smyth, and his current roles as father, tennis player, and TV commentator.
John McEnroe was just an eighteen-year-old amateur from Queens when he stunned the tennis world by making it to the Wimbledon semifinals in 1977. He turned pro the following year after winning the NCAA singles...
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Inheriting the Chicago Stars football team, trendy New Yorker Phoebe Somerville knocks heads with Coach Dan Calebow, who resents her meddling as much as she despises his sexist jocularity, until they discover an unlikely attraction for each other.
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The idea that we're living in a Big Brother state, with the US government monitoring our activity, isn't a conspiracy theory... it's real - and for the most part, it's totally legal. But what about the Fifth Amendment? In this video we delve into America's past to present of spying on it's own citizens and whether it is a force of good or a breach of our human rights.
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In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Frank Bascombe travels to the site of his former home on the shore, visits his ex-wife, who is suffering with Parkinson's, and meets a dying former friend.
Ford reinvents Bascombe in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. In four richly luminous narratives, Bascombe attempts to reconcile, interpret and console a world undone by calamity. It is a moving and wondrous and extremely funny odyssey through the America people...
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This program provides you with an understanding and insight about your "Personal Magic"--That unique talent you are here to express. You'll go through the CBI Personal Talent Assessment to help you discover your unique talent, and you'll obtain a guideline on how to use your "Magic" to create more fulfillment and abundance in your work. In this episode, you will also determine your deepest drivers, which steer every one of your choices in life. Whenever...
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Facing a potential nuclear renaissance, this moving account explores the legacy of nuclear arms. Maurea and Annie are young and impassioned activists; one lives in a country torn apart by nuclear colonization while the other lives in an anti-nuclear country where she strives to inspire youth activism. These young women--along with scientists and political experts--introduce us to the film's themes: the rewriting of history, political opportunism,...
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