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...students contend that instead of destroying their graduate school community, these visitors enrich...
...most mass appeal films, audiences here must contend with the "fluff," alternatively, "cheeze" factor. Sometimes subtle, sometimes blatant, there's no escaping the fluff. The tattered teddy bear, the frantic race down the street and the basketball games between Ben and Vince are all perhaps a little overly sentimental. Even the ending may seem a little much for the more cynical moviegoers. But the glossy, sophisticated look of the overall film compensates for these unfortunate lapses. And the film deals with such a tangled mess of problems that a tidy resolution must inevitably entail some fluff.The Deep...
...Hayek has had an exceptional year, stepping it up to fill the spot left by James Butera who graduated last year. Sophomore Adam Truitt, who has also really come into his own this season will certainly be a force to contend with in the 174-pound category...
...reasons behind it. Alcohol, the main culprit in teen accidents in the '80s, is now much less of a problem, thanks to a major educational blitz. Instead, safety specialists blame the sort of naive errors that killed Wells and her friends. Citing cutbacks in driver education by schools, experts contend that young motorists simply have inadequate skills. Sean McLaurin, a highway-safety specialist for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, laments, "It's a silent epidemic...
...really doesn't matter; these stereotypes are just that--stereotypes--and as such reveal the ignorance of the propagandist who chooses to use them when blaming final clubs for campus ills. Grouping final clubs into an institution that represents all that is wrong with America is absurd. I contend that a final club member in such a hostile environment feels much like the Harvard student reluctant to "drop the H-bomb" in certain company; both individuals fear that their affiliation will subject them to derogatory labels and character judgments...