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...like the high school from Clueless, populated by vacuous, bubbly, seraphic teenagers. Witherspoon is perfect for the part. Like in all Sandler movies, the funniest moments in the film are the ones that seem to come out of nowhere (i.e. the hemorrhaging clown in Billy Madison, a comedic gem of the twentieth century). Fortunately, Little Nicky is packed with these random moments, and in the end, they are what make the film a hell of a lot funnier than anything else Sandler has done in a while...

Author: By Dan Fox, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Little Nicky Provides Big Laughs | 11/17/2000 | See Source »

...pivotal players for the Crimson will likely be junior captain Margaret Elias and freshman Louisa Hall. Elias manned the No. 1 spot for the Crimson last year and garnered All-American honors. Hall, the gem of Bajwa's recruiting class, is the best junior player in America and among the best in the world...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Past Glory Not Far Off for Squash Teams | 11/16/2000 | See Source »

...over-the-top turn as the middle-aged mama's boy who likes to play with his pocket knife. "So Dark the Night", on the other hand, is a masterful little whodunit about a French detective who faces the biggest puzzle of his career. The denouement of this forgotten gem is so potent that it was later used as the climax to Agatha Christie's last Hercule Poirot novel, "Curtain" (Christie never said whether she'd seen Lewis's film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art on a Budget: Joseph H. Lewis | 10/31/2000 | See Source »

...best recommendations describe a student's accomplishments with specific and knowing details. Bowdoin's admissions committee was on the fence about an applicant who had good grades but below-average test scores. Then it scanned his two recommendations. "A rare gem," said one letter; the other called him a "mature humanitarian." Most compelling, though, was a tidbit missing from the rest of the application. The student had come up with a unique scheme for supporting world-famine relief: he pledged his weekly allowance and persuaded his parents to give matching grants. Cornell readers were similarly impressed with a letter that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside College Admissions | 10/23/2000 | See Source »

Lots of things, according to a new survey released to TIME. After studying nearly 300 families nationwide who watch TV less than six hours a week, Barbara Brock, a recreation-management professor at Eastern Washington University, concluded that most want to rediscover a gem called time. The Gurney family in Rhinebeck, N.Y., for instance, prefers woodland treks, charades and stories by candlelight. "It's really fun," says Franklin, 11, "because you're not glued...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Pulling The Plug On TV | 10/16/2000 | See Source »

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