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...difference between Marty and Steven Spielberg. But it would only be fair for me make that distinction if I worked on similar films with both of them. Like an epic with Spielberg, or something that was like an independent road movie with Marty. They're most definitely Great American master filmmakers, but it's hard for me to compare...
Leverett and Quincy Houses, however, are not allowing students to evaluate their tutors. Leverett House Master Howard Georgi has argued that the evaluations undermine the sense of House community by fostering an adversarial relationship between student and tutor. But this claim was not borne out in the Houses that did trial surveys last year. House tutor evaluations will offer valuable feedback and information that will be used by tutors to improve their performance in creating entryway communities and advising students on fellowships and academics...
...journalists are wisely trained to take such phrases with a healthy dose of skepticism. Silver-penned speechwriters can put any sentiments they like into their master's voice. Plenty of people, in the U.S. and outside it, think Bush's fine words about liberty and openness are lies; the war against terrorism and the contest with Iraq, they think, are all about oil, or protecting Israel, or completing his Dad's unfinished business. Suggestions that the Administration is genuinely committed, say, to building democracy in the Middle East, are treated as a bit of a joke...
...MASTER JAY Crossover King of The Rhythm Nation
...letters of his name/Cutting and scratching are the aspects of his game." On every album they ever made, rappers Run and D.M.C. made sure to include a verse like that, if not an entire song, about their favorite subject: Jam Master Jay. His real name was Jason Mizell, and though he wasn't necessarily the best DJ in rap, he was the first to fuse hip-hop beats with rock melodies, fueling Run-D.M.C.'s historic crossover to the pop charts (they were the first rap group to sell a million records) and changing the sound of pop music...