Word: fostering
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...fellows liked to drown out the Martian silence with Twist and Shout, these movies are about the wisdom of being quiet enough to hear the otherworldly message--the simple sequence of chords that announces the aliens' arrival in Close Encounters, the pounding radio signal from Vega that Jodie Foster's character picks up in Contact...
...Elvis Presley estate and others have purchased broad "rights of descendibility of publicity"--court rulings that foster the creation of generations of idle rich at the expense of free speech. Presley family members and heirs of similar celebrities have veto power over how a person is portrayed in art and literature. If you want to produce a work of art inspired by Malcolm X, you must first get the approval of the licensing agency. One day the U.S. Supreme Court will look at these issues. I hope it will hold that free speech is more important than the right...
Many students at the KSG said they have hoped for a forum to address issues of gender, race and sexual orientation. A center on women would "help foster that type of environment," said Jenny Korn, a member of the Kennedy School student Government...
KENNETH STARR Duh? $30 million to prove Vince Foster killed himself...
This is not, frankly, a place at which one is rooting for Jodie Foster's Ellie Arroway to end up. Foster has always been an actress who gives intelligence a good name, and she's very attractive here as a stubbornly obsessive scientist, convinced there are brainy beings out there in deep space trying to get in touch with us, then triumphantly picking up their mysterious signals from the void...