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...request that their sons repeat a grade, and school officials are bound to comply with their wishes. Often following the lead of high school coaches who have held their own sons back, parents insist that their young footballers need an extra year of "maturity" before entering high school. Douglas Griffin, superintendent of schools in Murray County, Ga., recalls, "Our high school basketball coach held his son back in the eighth grade, and he ended up getting a college scholarship. After that, it kind of snowballed." Adds Griffin, who held his own football-playing son back as well: "If a parent...
...team had plenty of youth as well, including freshmen Eddie Garden, Corey Griffin, Bob Starbuck, and Tony Visone. Echoing the sentiments of many of the younger players, Griffin says "I've played hockey for almost as long as I can remember. I was not about to give up the game just because I didn't make the varsity...
...Scott Bartlett from San Francisco and Hoofer Gene Kelly from the heart of Hollywood. He put three films into production on the Zoetrope lot: Hammett, a surreal murder mystery directed by the German Wim Wenders; The Escape Artist, starring Ryan O'Neal's 16-year-old son Griffin; and One from the Heart. By January, Zoetrope had some 500 employees and a $600,000-a-week payroll. Inevitably, Coppola's Olympian disregard for the bottom line led to deep financial trou ble. Last spring, Hammett, which had endured a dozen rewrites on its way to filming...
...ablest men I have ever met. He's diplomatic. He's skillful. He's fair." Carter paid a similar compliment last week in awarding Christopher the Medal of Freedom: "He is indeed outstanding." Privately, Carter added that he regrets not having named Christopher to succeed Griffin Bell as Attorney General...
...button that proclaimed WE'RE NO. 1, the Carters stopped off at Atlanta to pick up some 20 old friends and guests for the game, including Georgia Governor George Busbee, former Budget Director Bert Lance, Lawyer Charles Kirbo, Sportsman and Communications Magnate Ted Turner and former Attorney General Griffin Bell. It was a happy day: Carter's team...