Word: mentored
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Lewis the solo movie star quickly found a comedy mentor: Frank Tashlin, whom Jer will surely thank tonight. A writer-director who had worked on some of the best wartime Warner Bros. animated shorts, Tashlin made his mark in feature films by turning such pliable stars as Bob Hope and Jayne Mansfield into, essentially, cartoon characters. Lewis, already rubberized, was the ideal clay for Tashlin to mold, stretch and cheerfully mutilate; he directed two Martin-and-Lewis comedies, six more just with Jer, Geisha Boy and Cinderfella being the ones fizziest with anarchic ideas...
...graduate school, we were both at Yale in the early nineties and we both had dogs. We met each other, I think, at the dog park. 2. FM: You two decided to write the novel as a birthday present for a friend? JL: He was actually our graduate student mentor at Yale, John Demos. When an academic retires, his graduate students usually hold a conference to celebrate his work. Jane and I decided that for our piece of the conference we were going to write character sketches that were a send-up of 18th-century genre fiction. It took...
...Rwanda. Despite the seriousness of her work, Gagnon said Des Forges always maintained her sense of humor. “She was a great pleasure to work with and to be with,” her co-worker said. “She was fun, sociable, a wonderful colleague, mentor, and friend.” Des Forges is survived by her husband, Roger V. Des Forges, two children, and three grandchildren. “The Harvard-Radcliffe community should be so proud of her and so proud of her work,” Shepard said. “I hope...
...report, Massachusetts “completely missed seven goals, met a small portion of four, partially met one, and nearly met one and fully met two.” One of the goals that Massachusetts met was establishing teacher induction programs in which new teachers are assigned a mentor. Massachusetts also fared well in increasing the salaries of teachers who teach in shortage subject areas or work at schools that are classified as “high needs.” However, the report also notes that there are a number of areas in which Massachusetts can make significant improvements...
...time Crimson captain returned to his alma mater in 1956 to continue his leadership efforts as a coach. After leaving his mark on all levels of the program as freshman team head coach and assistant varsity coach, Lee took full control of the varsity squad from his coach and mentor, Bob Pickett, in 1968. Lee enjoyed an 18-year tenure as the face of Harvard wrestling, compiling a 165-121-5 record, including the standing record for wins in a season with 17 in 1981. The coach also guided 27 EIWA place winners and 14 NCAA qualifiers, as well...