Patience dispels clock time and reveals a new time, the time of salvation. There was also opposition by those who thought an artificial system of time zones was against the natural order of the universe--clock time is an abstraction of nature and standard clock time is even more removed from the sun's actions.
(Agence France-Press)(pg. C9) Billy Crystal, aboard a mock-up of the Titanic, served as host of the 70th annual Academy Awards ceremony. (Associated Press) Matt Damon, left, and Ben Affleck won the Oscar for best original screenplay, for ''Good Will Hunting,'' in which the actors also starred.he other Oscar nominated films were ''As Good As It Gets,'' ''L.A. Confidential,'' ''The Full Monty'' and ''Good Will Hunting.'' The Oscar winners were selected by the 5,371 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
A decade and a half later, Matt and Ben are bona fide stars, with more Oscars in their sights. This month, Damon and Good Will Hunting director Gus Van Sant will release their third movie together, Promised Land, which was cowritten by Damon.he hook: One of them, Will Hunting, is a genius, a guy who wows MIT, humiliates Harvard grad students, and turns down job offers from the National Security Agency.