Word: developable
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...points, Mr. Chung. I think that there’s a simple solution to the studios’ overreliance on “safe” summer product, but it’d be a tough solution to put into practice. Yes, Hollywood needs talented studio heads who will develop compelling ideas, and yes, they need to give directors the creative control they deserve. But, most importantly, the studios have to find better writers and better scripts...
...Presidential Technology Initiative will provide grants of between $2,000 and $10,000 to professors as well as stipends for undergraduate and graduate fellows in an effort to help faculty develop and implement technological tools, University President Lawrence H. Summers and Provost Steven E. Hyman announced yesterday...
Money for professors to develop new technologies was previously available, but this initiative will provide funding for both the creation of new online tools and the use of existing methods...
...wind up making an impact only do so after three or four years in the league—with the notable exceptions of Garnett, Kobe, Lebron and Amare Stoudamire. One could argue that the reason for this trend is that high school players need three or four years to develop an NBA body type and skill level. And the best place to cultivate these skills is in the environment that has been custom-fitted for this exact thing—college...
...commissioner’s office is the only body that can stop this madness, because the incentives for teams and high-schoolers are too strong for them to voluntarily cease and desist. Either it needs to institute an age cap or develop the proposed minor league system, giving teams places to put developing high-schoolers instead of having them take up valuable roster spots...