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...first acting teacher, Stella Adler, who also wasn't much for "affective memory" (Strasberg's fancy phrase for pearl diving), agreed. "He's the most keenly aware, empathetic human alive. He just knows. If you have a scar, physical or mental, he goes right to it. He cannot be cheated or fooled. If you left the room, he could be you." In those days, he truly loved acting and was fully devoted to it. His mother said to Adler, "Thank you. You've saved Marlon. He had no direction. Now he has direction...
...wave in the past decade, are stocking up on such preppy classics as candy-colored ribbon belts and wood-handled Bermuda bags. Isaac Mizrahi showed preppy-inspired outfits, right, from his latest collection last week in New York City--available at Target stores. Even home-furnishings designers like Jonathan Adler are bringing back preppy classics, including needlepoint pillows, above left. But today's version of the look is not a holdover from the 1980s. This incarnation blends the conservative culture of the country clubs where preppy was born with the flirty fun of the nightclubs where most modern fashion trends...
...Quakers cut the lead to 3-1 in the top of the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Kasey Adler...
...Adler, who spent eight years teaching physics and working as dean of students in a Baltimore prep school, and Vinnakota, whose parents were teachers, built SEED on the premise that kids need a safe, stable place where they can concentrate on learning. They believe these kids have the best chance of succeeding and going on to college if they are nurtured before they get to high school. The pair opened SEED in the fall of 1998. Its first home was in a children's museum. Classes were held in the unused attic, and dorms were set up in an unoccupied...
Despite those problems, Adler and Vinnakota remain committed to their mission and have set their sights on an even more ambitious dream: developing a network of public boarding schools around the country. "Our goal is to demonstrate that not only is there a need but there is a solution that works," Vinnakota says. As for the D.C. school, SEED'S founders say its true success will be measured by the number of students who go on to college and do well. But an earlier indication of what it has achieved may be found in the changing attitudes of its students...