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...layoff begins at the end of his junior year, when Pellegrini--who also competed in track and field at Harvard--started throwing the discus at a world-class standard. He was invited to work out under the tutelage of a German coach for the next year. Pellegrini began to entertain thoughts of making a trip to Moscow for the 1980 Olympics. He decided to accept the offer to train in Europe...
...production has changed a lot since it first opened July 15. Originally, the co-directors aimed only to entertain. But as the summer progressed and the actors grew into their roles, the focus shifted to the political message of the show. In August, Ken Myers, general manager of the original Broadway production, came to Boston to advise the troupe and with his help the cast reinterpreted the production, trimming the show down so that it more faithfully followed the original '60s stage version. Although the theatrical parts of the show were not updated, co-director David Yazbek...
...Traditionally, films about the future were categorized as fantasies and therefore not expected to have any correlation to reality, either in their story lines or in their characterizations. Films like Star Wars were judged with a differer: set of criteria than Ordinary People. Science fiction was intended solely to entertain: no social relevance or believable events were necessary. Fortunately, all that seems to be changing now, with the release of Blade Runner and E.T: The Extraterrestrial, two exceptional movies that stand apart from ordinary science fiction...
...more natural and frequent in the world according to everyone. The introductory shots of baby Garp being tossed in the air by his mother, rising and falling with a different animated expression each time, sets the lighthearted, warm tone. Williams' restrained antics, which produce most of the laughs, both entertain and soothe the Garp family and the audience. "Don't say, Ma-Ma, Duncan, say Da-Da," he admonishes his first baby, grimacing for added emphasis...
...department head who does not entertain such fancies, does not at some time or another convince himself that he could do a better job than his President, is not worth having in any Cabinet. Yet, if a Cabinet officer is to endure, such genies must be stuffed back into their bottles and corked almost as soon as they emerge...