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...school is entering a period of reevaluation and decelerated expansion, the mere mortal cannot help be awed by the ambitious plans for future growth. In fact, the maturation of the school is not only on the mortal's mind, but it dominates the conversation of the insiders as well. Ira A. Jackson '70, associate dean of the K-School, puts it this way: "We are switching from overdrive into third or fourth gear." But they must be doing it in a Mazerati--old programs are still growing and new ones are in the works...
Even before McDuffie died, investigators began picking apart the official version of what had happened. A departmental inquiry led to eight Dade County policemen being dismissed. Five went on trial on charges ranging from second-degree murder to tampering with evidence. They were Alex Marrero, Ira Diggs, Michael Watts, Eddie Del Toro and Herbert Evans...
...With Ira and a woman friend, he makes his first trip to the zoo. "See what he does?" says Ira at the monkey cage. "Yeah!" says Philly. They move on to the tigers. "How do you like that?" Philly is excited and happy. "Yeah!" he answers. Back home he chatters happily with his mother about the outing, as a four-year-old child might do. Perception of Philly as a large, awkward child is a way for the viewer to think of him without horror. But he is not a child, and Wohl's film leads onlookers past this...
...Ira suggests that it is time for Philly to move to a residence for retarded adults, and Pearl forlornly agrees. He is there, sparkling with happiness, as the film ends...
That was last July. Pearl died in February, but not before she and Philly saw Ira's movie together...