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...There are two islands. Each island has one person living on it. Each person has a box, a key and a lock. Each key will only unlock its own lock. One of the people also has a pot of gold. A boatman paddles back and forth between the two islands. He will steal anything given to him unless it is in a locked box. How could the person with the gold send it to the other person without leaving his island...
...other big winner was "As Good As It Gets," whose unlikely romantic coupling of Helen Hunt and Jack Nicholson got a lock on best actor and actress. "Good Will Hunting" picked up some well-deserved gongs: best supporting actor for Robin Williams, a long overdue first win, and best screenplay for Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, the freshest faces in town. The biggest loser? It had to be the Awards' director, who, despite draconian efforts to keep speeches to a minimum, watched in agony as the ceremony overran by an hour. Some might say precisely the same of "Titanic...
...script adaptation race, L.A. Confidential has the dual virtue of both deserving to win and being assured of doing so. For original scripts, Good Will Hunting is a lock, but without the year's most deserving competitors--Eve's Bayou, The Apostle and In the Company of Men--it's a win for style over substance. Titanic should sweep the Cinematography, Art Direction and Costume Design awards, even though L.A. Confidential had crisper photography and The Wings of the Dove had more dramatically loaded sartorials. No gripes with the Art Direction win though; you break that much porcelain and flood...
...thefts concern Bossert and Co-Master Mary L. Bossert, as well as Senior Tutor Eugene C. McAfee. They sent an e-mail message to Lowell residents Monday, warning students to lock their doors and avoid leaving valuables unattended...
...always lock my doors anyway, so I'm not so worried," Burghardt said. "In general I'm just watching where I put my stuff...