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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...tour early on Monday morning with a trip to the University of Southern California’s Graduate School of Cinema and Television. After being introduced to the Stark Producing Program, we were shown around the Zemeckis Digital Studio Building, where we were allowed to look at the Avid editing systems and other multimillion dollar toys...

Author: By Michelle Kung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Postcard from Hollywood | 2/7/2003 | See Source »

Cloney was the director of the Boston Marathon from 1946 until 1982 and an avid fan of Harvard football since his 10th birthday, when he attended his first game—the legendary 6-0 loss to Centre College that snapped the Crimson’s 25-game winning streak...

Author: By Andrew C. Campbell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Boston Marathon Director, Harvard Fan Dies at 91 | 1/22/2003 | See Source »

...Authors who stick with the Chinese language, such as Hong Ying and Ma Jian, are able to get Western exposure thanks to diligent translators. Ma's girlfriend, Flora Drew, and Hong's husband, Henry Zhao, are their avid advocates and translators. Ma stubbornly defends his unwillingness to read or write in English: "I believe one might benefit from reading great works in English. But I haven't tried to learn English at all. I'm a genius. I write because of my talents and inspiration. I don't need another language...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Chapter | 1/20/2003 | See Source »

Lavietes was an avid philanthropist, who both donated money to and volunteered at organizations such as the Boys and Girls Club and the United...

Author: By Nathaniel A. Smith, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Devoted Basketball Team Fan, Donor Dies at 88 | 1/17/2003 | See Source »

...your chance to inhabit a wide range of humanity, from serial killers to detectives who track serial killers. You get your name above the title and your face in Mount Rushmore dimensions on movie screens and billboards. Not to mention the cool accessories: the babes or boy toys, the avid attention the press pays to your every fistfight and drug bust. Acting: it's movie-world glamour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What They Really Want is to Direct | 1/13/2003 | See Source »

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