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'Wild Things' Review: Jonze Subtly Adapts Classic Book

Oct. 14, 2009
With subtlety and sympathy, Spike Jonze brings Maurice Sendak's classic kids' book Where the Wild Things Are to life
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Memorial Day Ceremonies on the Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum in New York
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American Military Service members and Veterans hold a 100 foot wide U.S. Flag for Memorial Day ceremonies at the Intrepid Sea Air & Space Museum in New York City on May 28, 2012. UPI/John Angelillo