Word: directoral
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wielding his clout and testing his fans' expectations. In his next movie, Revenge, he plays an unlikable cuckolder. Last week he began scouting locations for Dances with Wolves, a drama about the Sioux nation, in which he will star and make his debut as a director. Still, it makes him itch that his recent roles have earned him a Hunk-of-the-Month label. "I have the same problem with stardom that I have with royalty," he says. "They're judged not by the quality of their ideas but by their birthright. I didn...
...recommendations add up to a middle school that is part classroom and part social-welfare agency, a combination that is bound to make some educators uneasy. "Middle school administrators have got their hands full just trying to educate kids, let alone creating warm, caring environments," says Samuel Sava, executive director of the National Association of Elementary School Principals...
...Carnegie, the real choice is whether to fund health clinics, counseling and teacher training today or pay the far higher cost of dropouts, an ill-prepared work force and swelling welfare and prison rolls tomorrow. "The nation cannot afford to continue neglecting these youth," concludes the report. Lorraine Monroe, director of the Center for Minority Achievement at Manhattan's Bank Street College of Education, agrees. "We can't hold school the way we used to hold school," she says. "Some educators may say, 'I didn't sign on for that.' Well, that...
...Stag's Leap AVA for the southern part of the valley, the modest (49 acres) S. Anderson winery spent nearly $40,000 to make the case that it belongs inside the boundaries. "Appellations like Stag's Leap are going to have more meaning in the future," says marketing director John Anderson. P.S.: his vineyard made the district...
Critics of the deal complained that it would not quickly raise Time's stock to the level of Paramount's bid. "Time management had a plan to build an empire, and somebody threw a wrench into that plan by offering the shareholders a better price," said Ralph Whitworth, director of the United Shareholders Association, a Washington-based advocacy group. "It should have been left up to the shareholders to decide" how to vote on Paramount's proposal. Disappointed Time stockholders may be inclined to bring lawsuits accusing the company of failing to look after their immediate interests. Said...