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These musings were prompted by the just released film October Sky, another drama about a withholding father and a stubborn son that also made me cry. October Sky was produced by Charles Gordon, who also produced Field of Dreams, which makes him one of the great male-weepie auteurs. "The kid seeking his father's acceptance is such a universal theme," says Gordon. It's also an old theme: if God had even once said he was sorry, or at least admitted he was a hard-ass and offered to take Abraham or Jesus out for a malted, I would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big Boys Do Cry | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

...send us one of yours. Be kind to small businesses. Buy more Beach Boys records." These are good sentiments, well meaning and empty headed. Such is their music. Hefner's Brit-pop inclinations are balanced by Antony Harding's vocals, which careen from Elvis Costello to the Violent Femmes' Gordon Gano--although the lyrics never come close to the wit or heart of those...

Author: By Benjamin L. Mckean, | Title: Hefner | 2/26/1999 | See Source »

...policy will help keep a Brown education accessible and affordable for applicants from the widest possible economic spectrum," Brown President E. Gordon Gee said in a written statement...

Author: By Kyle D. Hawkins, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Brown Increases Aid To Undergrads by $5M | 2/23/1999 | See Source »

...told that DDT was a safe pesticide and that pouring tons of waste into our waters was a safe form of disposal? The only thing a "serious" scientist should be thinking today is that we really know very little about the long-term effects of our technology. STEVE GORDON Holland Landing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 22, 1999 | 2/22/1999 | See Source »

Originally trained as an engineer McMahon helped design a special springy running surface known as the "tuned" track in Harvard's Gordon indoor Track and Tennis Facility. According to Lewis, McMahon filmed runners running on various surfaces ranging from foam rubber to poured cement and then observed the mechanics of their motion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Prof. McMahon, 'Tuned Track' Creator, Dies at 55 | 2/19/1999 | See Source »

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