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...toilsome chore of untaming their pampered playmate gives the movie tension, much of it spelled out in pictures more than equal to the rich lion lore contained in the book. In one sequence, an embarrassed Elsa is bullied by a small wart hog, and still cannot understand that she will soon have to kill in order to survive. Later, she lies yawning atop the Land Rover, unmoved by a young bachelor lion laying under a tree. Before Elsa mates successfully, reports the surrogate Mrs. Adamson, "we suffered all the agony of parents whose teen-age daughter...
...LORE GRISHMAN Hyde Park...
Eliot House has its own legend and lore. Its name evokes images of Master John Finley wandering from table to table in the dining room mentioning those all-too-familiar figures of antiquity. Its name produces visions of nattily-dressed preppies scampering from a Master's tea to the Club, and of House jocks and future Rhodes scholars energetically supporting a virtual madhouse of intramural activities...
...Harvard lore typically classifies Houses into two categories; the "traditional House"--rich in history and House spirit, proud of its activities and athletics--and the "unconventional House"--filled with creative individuals who, free of House restraint, produce plays, concerts, magazines, political activity, and endless dining hall conversation...
...features of the House System that is concealed by the "folk lore" is the extent to which the eight residential Houses are similar; they all have just about the same mix of scholastic ability, athletic prowess, social and geographical background, and political, literary, musical, or artistic commitment. Each has a Master, Senior Tutor, and staff who work hard to make their House of focal point for a wide varsity of intellectual and social activities. All participate, with intermittent success, in intramural athletics and have some representation on the varsity teams. All are overcrowded, and the frequency of complaints about...