Word: ages
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...quite good, and by the end of the movie several have distinguished themselves. Todd Anderson, who in the end seems to have learned the most from Mr. Keating, is remarkably good--insecure, quiet, lonely, a prep school boy whose parents must have sent him away at the age...
...Robin Williams role usually means humor, Williams' versatility is well-evidenced in this film. Solemn, intense, still a school-boy, but wiser than his years--everything that a teacher-who-changed-my-life always is--Williams is perfect supporting role for the unfolding drama of the boys' coming-of-age...
...behind all of this is the stellar direction of Weir. He may not have built St. Andrew's, taught Williams how to act, written the Beethoven symphony or given universal appeal to the age-old theme, but Weir's dexterity in pulling all of those elements together in Dead Poet's Society must be commended...
...ensure that albums like As Nasty As We Want to Be by 2 Live Crew do not fall into the hands of minors. Since June 8, the chain has been slapping little green stickers reading 18 TO PURCHASE on sexually explicit records and requiring customers to present proof of age before they can buy them...
Part of the problem is the consistent inability of SDI's designers to define its "architecture," the way it is supposed to work. Originally, there was much talk of space-age particle beams and laser weapons, until the practical difficulties of those technologies became apparent. In 1986 the fad was nuclear-generated X-ray lasers. Last year the SDI organization, fearful that Congress would further cut funding in the absence of a tangible program, pressured the Pentagon into endorsing "Phase I," a system of ground- and space-based sensors and interceptor rockets...