Word: dexterity
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...scholarshipon migrant workers, Steinbeck's Grapes ofWrath and John Ford's Grapes movie.Springsteen has arrived at some type of mediaalchemy, his songs associated with movies--all ofhis recent hits, "Philadelphia," "Dead ManWalking" and "Secret Garden," have come offsoundtracks--and even, on the fourth disk ofTracks, quoting directly from Pete Dexter'sscreen-adapted novel Paris Trout and fromfilm critic Pauline Kael...
...tough, and by the look of things, it will not get any easier. Life is becoming more complicated, not less, and the demands put upon young people are increasing. It is plain that plenty of mediocre citizens emerge from Dexter Gate with no intention of serving better either their country or their kind. But despite the many obstacles in its place, I believe the College continues to have a responsibility to encourage "the whole development of an individual," and "the maturing of his understanding about the nature of things." A four-year college education is an opportunity for students...
...warden (played with fine, greasy intensity by Corin Redgrave, Vanessa's brother) is a sadistic dictator with no redeeming features. The convicts include a bullet-headed tough guy who organizes a hunger strike (James Black); a sympathetically rendered homosexual called Queenie (Jude Akuwudike); and the inevitable "new boy" (Mark Dexter), who arrives at the prison with dreams of running on the U.S. Olympic team--and winds up crippled by the brutal guards...
Harvard's 362nd Commencement exercises will take place under sunny skies today as a total of 6,236 degree recipients pass through Dexter Gate and leave Harvard "to go forth and serve better thy country and thy kind...
...William Pepper, who is either a credulous buffoon or a con artist. To promote himself and his book on the alleged conspiracy, Pepper has exploited the King family's understandable desire to learn the full truth. Pepper's de facto accomplice is Phillip Jones, an old friend of Dexter King's, the martyred leader's son who heads the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta. Jones' firm, Intellectual Properties Management, is responsible for marketing the Rev. King's writings and speeches. With Jones' help, King's relatives have made deals that could net them and their agents tens...