Word: fostering
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That's pure Spielberg: the story of a stranded or abandoned child searching for signposts to home, for the reunion of the nuclear family. This Hansel-and-Gretel motif has been playing from his first feature, The Sugarland Express (two young marrieds struggle to rescue their child from foster parents), through half a dozen other films he has directed or produced (Poltergeist, Back to the Future, The Goonies, Empire of the Sun, Hook, Saving Private Ryan). That's a pretty full gallery of lost boys and girls. And what is that little parchment-pated E.T. but a precocious kid, light...
...most profitable labels foster tight working relationships with Japan's myriad, ubiquitious teen fashion magazines. Karisuma tenin can spawn trends inside Shibuya, but they can't reach the countryside or abroad without a fashion mag's endorsement. Japan's high-school girls read, on average, at least five fashion magazines a month, which means the influence of the right Tokyo glossies can be huge. "If a magazine advertises a certain brand or look, girls will buy it," Takai says. The most popular ones tend to showcase karisuma tenin in their brand's clothes, launching waves of copy-cat teenagers...
...masculinity is definitely retro--stern dads in suits and ties, undemonstrative, matter-of-fact, but with alleged hearts of gold. They tend not to explain much, and they're not the best at intimate chats or hand-holding sessions. Like most dads from the 1950s, they also tend to foster adolescent rebellion. Think of Jim Jeffords as a neglected teenager, finally running away from home...
...That's pure Spielberg: the story of a stranded or abandoned child searching for signposts to home, for the reunion of the nuclear family. This Hansel-and-Gretel motif has been playing from his first feature, The Sugarland Express (two young marrieds struggle to rescue their child from foster parents), through half a dozen other films he has directed or produced (Poltergeist, Back to the Future, The Goonies, Empire of the Sun, Hook, Saving Private Ryan). That's a pretty full gallery of lost boys and girls. And what is that little parchment-pated E.T. but a precocious kid, light...
...next half-century, Harvard would need to shift across the river to land purchased in Allston, and the 27th president needed to lead the move. Harvard was looking for a 50-year plan. To top it all off, the committee decided it wanted someone who would work to foster diversity throughout the University...