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...unsolicited testimonial: "I know it sounds corny, but I was saved by film school." He enrolled at New York University on the G.I. Bill. "To be able to study movies in college, it was any movie buff's dream. It was cool too, like studying to be an astronaut. Martin Scorsese was my first teacher. He was like a mad scientist, with hair down to here. He was someone on an equal wave of nuttiness. And he helped channel the rage in me." Stone made a short film for Scorsese's class called Last Year in Viet Nam, about...
...ponderous sweep of a Golden Age Hollywood plot. Viet Nam, set in jungles without beginning or end, was a flash of episodic, aleatory explosions; it was modernism brought to war. And a new kind of war demanded a new look at the war-movie genre. Platoon fills the bill. It is a huge black slab of remembrance, chiseled in sorrow and anger -- the first Viet Nam Memorial movie...
...exasperated league. His name was George Young, and his philosophy was rooted in the Old Testament. "You need a strong defense and a good running game," he preached, "because in the second half of the season God sends you bad weather." In turn, he hired Coaches Ray Perkins and Bill Parcells; Parcells took...
After the decision was handed down last week, feminists from both schools were generally supportive. NOW's Levick said she was "pleased that women have retained benefits for disability," but added that the next step was to extend such leaves to fathers as well. A bill requiring this type of "parental leave" will be introduced next month. It would allow up to 18 weeks of unpaid leave with job security for both new mothers and new fathers. "I think this decision gives us terrific momentum," says Colorado Congresswoman Pat Schroeder, a sponsor. "If the Reagan Supreme Court understands this issue...
...formidable opponent looms. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which bemoaned last week's decision, has targeted the parental-leave bill for defeat. Mandated benefits, many business leaders argue, impose too big a financial burden on small enterprises. The decision "spells disaster," says Don Butler, president of the Los Angeles-based Merchants and Manufacturers Association. "Larger companies can shift to fill a hole, but small ones cannot do that very easily. If I employ ten females and two or more get pregnant at one time, I might as well file for bankruptcy." Discrimination against women might increase. Many companies "just...