Word: mias
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While his stereo snores, his mannequin tosses and turns under his covers, and his intercom tells visitors he is too weak to answer the door, Ferris is busy living it up in Chicago with his best friend Cameron (Alan Ruck) and girlfriend Sloane (Mia Sara), the latter of whom he has deviously rescued from school...
...unlike the overwhelming machines of Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times, Department 260's equipment is mostly nonthreatening, with sometimes vexing personalities. "Mamma mia, ti prego comincia a lavorare! (Please, start working!)" implores Mechanic Bruno Lockner to one balky contraption. "This machine understands Italian," he jokes. Some machines have names. Clarabelle is a complex wonder that churns out 1,000 crossbar assemblies an hour. It was designed by Allen-Bradley engineers, and is tended by 18-year veteran Employee Cheryl Braddock. Says Braddock: "I talk to her every morning. I pat her on the side. I say, 'It's going...
...HARVARD EXPERIENCE, Mia believes, has been a good one, and certainly hasn't held back her musical career. Rosen Professor of Music Leon Kirchner, who has taught Mia in a few classes, says Mia is a "very talented pianist," and "depending on her work and luck, she should do quite well as a professional pianist...
While she has no doubts about her decision to attend Harvard, Mia does believe that there is room for improvement. In particular, she criticizes the lack of emphasis Harvard puts on performing arts in general and in music in particular. "I think Harvard likes to take a strictly academic and intellectual approach to things, not an applied approach...
...risk of sounding totally treasonous, she says, "Yale has been a fine example of the combination of hard-core academics and performing arts. They are a shining example for us, hopefully, to follow." Mia is, in fact, putting her money where her mouth is, as she will head to Yale this fall to begin work on a master's degree in performing arts...