Word: goldens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Utah 123, Golden State...
...golden rule" of letter writing recommended by the committee is merely a reiteration of a custom that is, in theory, already status quo. However, as the case of the Harvard doctors who composed letters for a colleague convicted of rape illustrates, the "golden rule" doctrine may not be followed in practice...
Unfortunately, there are few ways to enforce the committee's common-sense guidelines. Without the creation of an omniscient central review body, even if the Medical School faculty adopts the recommendations with few changes--a possibility that Med School administrators say is exceedingly likely--policing the "golden rule" would prove nearly impossible...
...Wonderful Life. Both movies have the same wild American optimism that everything can be overcome, that no problem is too much for well-meaning people. It's Wonderful Life was much more carefully crafted. Its direction was far better than Mark Rydell's in On Golden Pond; Capra's film avoids the dippy touches like shots of water lillies set to flute music and the cozy nature symbolism that pervade the Pond. Still, both films are escapes into a blithe cheerfulness--one which, despite its occasional silliness has its place. You do not have to subscribe to this optimism...
...Golden Pond does not achieve what It's a Wonderful Life does. It oozes a bit too much. But thanks to some fine acting by Fonda and Hepburn it is not a completely intolerable blast of air from the land of Make-Believe...