In one scene after another the movie illustrates the soldiers' susceptibility to gross manipulation in a much more innocent era.

"It was that innocent era when you could just stop in," she said.

Mr. Parker has plainly made an effort to transport himself to this more innocent era.

Lightning illuminated the boarded windows and the two rain-pelted stone lions left over from some earlier, more innocent era.

That feels like a different, more innocent era.

Among other myriad elements, children's dolls from a more innocent era co-exist with animals, many of them real and preserved by taxidermy.

A look beyond the veneer of alleged innocent era.

In that innocent era most brides were probably ecstatic with a quarter carat and two modest baguettes.

And yet the former president's account of his life, read in this post-9/11 day, feels strangely like an artifact from a distant, more innocent era.

In more innocent eras, sports headlines emerged from triumphs of spirit or skill.