Word: bettereds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...doctors remain cautious. "We're not out of the woods yet," said Raudrant. But the boy at least has a chance at a better fate than another ( immune-deficient David: the American "bubble boy" who spent nearly all his twelve years of life in isolation before he died in Houston...
...days of classes because of road games. During their absence, notetakers are hired to attend class for them. All players are required to attend a two-hour study hall after practice, but some are so exhausted they can barely keep their eyes open. UNLV's graduation rate is better than that of many schools, although only 40% of the team ever get degrees. "It's an unrealistic expectation," says Diana Costello, head academic tutor for the team. If subjected to the same grueling physical workouts, she adds, even "the finest of students would have a difficult time." Costello tries...
...figures have become quasi-official artists, like the stars of the Paris salons a century ago. Yet when the '80s have receded, it will seem odd that the feeble draftsmanship in Clemente's washed-out frescoes should once have been applauded, or that the lurid bombast of even the better works of Cucchi, such as the droopy head that lies like a huge Dalinian watch along the cemetery roof in Stupid Picture, 1982, could have been thought heroic in scale. In fact, there is less scale in such work than brute size. To see what the scale of an image...
That means stars -- and star salaries. Though high-priced talent raids have been attacked as a misguided extravagance at a time when network news budgets are being slashed, these new stars, for better or worse, usually justify their pay. Their presence can mean precious ratings points, and sometimes even the life or death of a show. Says Andrew Lack, executive producer of West 57th: "These are very high-risk, high-profile jobs that go to people who can handle them. They are worth the fuss made over them...
...aren't so good, you're going to get other districts saying, 'Look what those fellows are doing over there.' " A price upwards of $125 might begin to stir their interest. Then they grimace and stare at their thumbs as if to say they honestly wished they could do better...