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...back on a boat manned by cool teachers (John Savage and Caroline Goodall) and a studly, charismatic captain (Jeff Bridges). While learning discipline and the finer points of ocean sailing, they also study their ABCs. And of course, they discover friendship, sex and alcohol. Unfortunately, disaster ensues. A freak storm sinks the boat, killing four, and the coast guard blames the father figure. You can guess what happens next...
Traditionally, biologists believed that life is a freak--the result of a zillion-to-one accidental concatenation of molecules. It follows that the likelihood of its happening again elsewhere in the cosmos is infinitesimal. This viewpoint derives from the second law of thermodynamics, which predicts that the universe is dying--slowly and inexorably degenerating toward a state of total chaos. Life bucks this trend only because it is a statistical fluke...
...After the discovery of 51 Pegasi, everyone wondered if it was a freak, a one-in-a-million observation. The answer is no. Planets aren't rare after all." --San Francisco State University astronomer Dr. Geoffrey W. Marcy after announcing his identification, with Dr. Paul Butler, of two new planets in a far off galaxy which seem to confirm the plebian quality of our own solar system...
This is a lot of chaos for one provincial "control freak" (as Thompson describes her) to manage, and it's only natural that she submerge her interests while dealing with the muddle. Yet, by some patient alchemy, Thompson manages to hold our sympathetic concern despite her self-effacement. Precisely because of her witty, held-back playing, she finally achieves one of those privileged moments we are always hoping to find at the movies and so rarely...
...even though Harvard is now 0-1 in the Ivy League and lost its last two straight games after opening 4-0, there is no need freak out. This team will roll over...