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...Dillon's performance stands at the movie's center and it surpasses anything he's ever done. In Little Darlings and My Bodyguard, he ably performed what he was asked He just wasn't asked much One film required him to be a cocky bully and the other a cocky reducer Dillion here avoids easy characterization. Tex isn't as academically oriented as some. After he hands in his second successive book report on something called Smokey the Cowhorse, his teacher suggests that guy wrote another book?" he asks. "Yes, just look in the library," she says. As Dillion...

Author: By Richard J. Appel, | Title: Growing Up In Bixby | 11/10/1982 | See Source »

...professors were offering treats last right. Stanley H. Hoffmann Dillon Professor of the Civilization of France, said, "I'm preparing lecturers tonight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Trick-or-Treating | 11/1/1982 | See Source »

...film arises from the acting of its central roles. As Mason, Jim Metzler conveys solidity without stolidity, commonsensicality without priggishness. It is the sort of self-effacing work that often, unfairly, gets overlooked in the movies. That is especially so when paired with a performance like Matt Dillon's as Tex. He's the kind of youngster who blends the antic and the stormy and makes it come out pure lopsided charm. No one has more accurately captured the mercurial quality of adolescence than he has, with anger, rebelliousness, gallantry, goofiness all tumbled together to create a confused...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Antic Storms, Lopsided Charm | 10/11/1982 | See Source »

Signers of the ad include Henry Rosovsky, dean of the Faculty: Stanley Huffmann, Dillon Professor of the History of France, and Zvi Griliches, chairman of the Economics Department...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professors Demand Beirut Investigation | 9/28/1982 | See Source »

...will not emphasize any one argument or take a partisan point of view." Samuel P. Huntington Dillon Professor of International Affairs and one of the authors, said in July. "Our aim is to provide an intelligent framework for this very important debate...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: What You Missed | 9/17/1982 | See Source »

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