It seems that the '60s era of social activism is all but a dim memory.

60年代的社会激进主义时代似乎只剩下模糊的记忆。

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As they go through basic training or flight school (once again it's the flyboys, and girls, vs. the grunts on the ground) and then into combat, "Starship Troopers" also revisits Hollywood clichis of every war that's ever been fought on the silver screen--including "Star Wars, " which, for these ahistoric recruits, is but a dim cultural memory.

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However, since there remains in some of us a dim, almost vestigial, memory of the ancient, sacred rites of journalism, I knew I needed to forgo Tweezer and Facepick and reach for a telephone.

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New York (CNN) -- Broadway's bright glow will dim for a moment on Wednesday in memory of the late Marvin Hamlisch, a prolific American composer who died this week after a more than four-decade long career that spanned film, music, television and theater.

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