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...what can lure us to a movie theater? One thought: better movies! But by better, most directors mean "more sophisticated technically." Because with Star Wars in 1977, Lucas spurred another revolution: the triumph of the special-effecty, kid-friendly fantasy blockbuster. With space-age technique and retro, '40s-serial content, the film made so much money, it seduced the studios and fired the imaginations of directors. "The great thing about computerized effects," says Spielberg, "is that now we can do anything our imaginations tell us." Absolutely--if your imagination runs to dinosaurs and space aliens. And no question, those critters...
...Harvard is turning down thousands of kids who have super test scores, so if a kid has 150 more points on the SAT, I don’t think Bill Fitzsimmons will bat an eyelash,” Reider said...
...it’s USC, which doesn’t have the same applicant pool, then it’ll make all the difference in the world. So 200 points at USC might put that kid in a more competitive range in admissions...
According to Reddicks, Puchtel was a “great kid and a tough kid,” but he didn’t put in the necessary effort to merit being offered a tryout for the varsity squad...
...We’re seeing kids, if I’m lucky, once,” Walsh said. “With my limited recruiting budget, I might see a kid from Washington and Texas [once] at a tournament. And he hasn’t even played his senior year. So you go back to these kids. And the same thing with many of these kids who come in to Harvard and they want to play JV baseball, you watch them. You see if they come...