We all recall what is or was important to us and are astonished when it slips other people's minds. Perhaps we dismiss as irrelevant matters of crucial concern to those we love. That's life as most of us experience it, and which few movies document with such understated acuity as 'Boyhood' does.
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RICHARD ENGEL This was the first time I had come face-to-face with the other side of fundamentalism. The fundament... RICHARD ENGEL Ironically enough, the United States had almost nothing to do with the age-old conflict between Isla... RICHARD ENGEL The Crusades, waged intermittently from 1095 to 1291, but which continued in waves for centuries aft... RICHARD ENGEL Ottoman provinces were re-formed and cobbled together into states. The region was carved up with lit... RICHARD ENGEL These days, I no longer believe there ever are truly good guys or bad guys in war, at least in the M... RICHARD ENGEL When I take risks now, I do so only when I have to and with every precaution. I used to prospect for... RICHARD ENGEL Everything changed with the First World War. The Middle East was reorganized, redefined, and the see... RICHARD ENGEL MOST OF THE NATIONS OF the Middle East can be divided into those with long histories and no oil, and... 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