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...Academy gave the Best Director nod to five foreign directors. Yet it also nominated everyone who even walked by the set of Broadcast News except for the coffee and donuts boy, without nominating James Brooks, the film's director...
Sophomore Dave O'Connell and junior Casey Cobb,two solid defensive infielders, look like theywill get the nod at the shortstop and second-basepositions, although they may be challenged by someof the freshmen...
...instructor warns new recruits of the rigors: "You can't come in here with a hangover. This is no vacation. We're giving you nothing. You're going to work for it." Rows of bleary-eyed, mostly young faces nod grudgingly. Most have forked out $3,000 in tuition fees for practical reasons -- they want better jobs and more money -- and they prefer what Curriculum Director George Beaulieu promises them the next day: "M-O-N-E-Y. Big trucks, big bucks...
...being together so long: How do you do it?" The U.S. hockey team finished seventh and was even jeered by International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch, who roller-skates a little. "I feel hollow," Richter admitted, "but I'll remember the quality of the competition too, and the nod I got once from the Soviet goaltender Evgeni Belocheikine, going into the cafeteria. It was pretty nice. I liked...
...each judge. These marks are added together and indicate whether a particular judge rates a particular skater first, second or, say, tenth. If a judge is notably stingy, never giving a grade higher than 5.5, the lucky skater who gets that 5.5 would almost certainly win that judge's nod. If two skaters tie on a judge's card, the skater with the higher technical score wins the judge...