Word: adds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Kevin can do it all," says Casey Silver, president of worldwide production for the MCA Motion Picture Group. "He can carry a gun or a woman in his arms. He can be tough or add a sweet comedic touch." The surprise is that an actor so versatile can be so focused. Ask Phil Alden Robinson, the writer-director of Field of Dreams. "You can't force him to do something that's false," says Robinson. "He marches to his own Walkman." Or maybe to his own Victrola. For Costner is both a harbinger of the postimperial American male...
...quite adults, they are bombarded by ! dizzying physical changes, reeling emotions and raging hormones. Today's youngsters, however, face problems far more formidable than acne or gangly limbs. Drinking, drug abuse, sexually transmitted diseases and teenage pregnancy, once the province of high schools, have drifted into the lower grades. Add to this the crippling effects of broken homes and ill-equipped parents, and it is easy to see why nearly 7 million children ages ten to 17 are considered "at risk" of becoming troubled, unproductive, even dangerous adults...
...Carnegie recommendations add up to a middle school that is part classroom and part social-welfare agency, a combination that is bound to make some educators uneasy. "Middle school administrators have got their hands full just trying to educate kids, let alone creating warm, caring environments," says Samuel Sava, executive director of the National Association of Elementary School Principals...
...combatants plotted, some major Time shareholders sat comfortably on the sidelines watching their profits add up. They included billionaire Donald Trump, who confirmed that he owns 2.8 million shares of Time, or 4.9% of the outstanding stock of the company. At Time's current price, Trump has paper profits of more than $200 million on his holdings, which could go a long way toward the $365 million cost of the former Eastern Air Lines shuttle he acquired last week...
...Add to this a university which, in many respects, has lost sight of its intellectual mission. The Faculty now spends its energy fighting with the administration about converting a gas station site into a hotel or offices. More effort seems to be spent on improving the return on the University endowment than on ensuring that undergraduates are receiving the proper education...