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...surprisingly gloomy and gothic cast. His prediction for the late 20th century was summed up briskly: "Considerable technical advance during this period, accompanied by a gradual deterioration of mores, orientation and social institutions, terminating in mass psychosis." It was hard to watch the Clinton impeachment trial without feeling ol' Bob was on to something...
...Some have suggested an end to freshman athletic eligibility, a return to the good ol' days when freshmen spent their first years hitting the books and the practice courts. That would answer the Prop 48 question, but what of cheating...
...talking beef jerky here, folks. I mean this was some ol' Wursthaus Oktoberfest Flintstone caveman sausage. But that...
...undergraduate, Blackmun sang in theHarvard Glee Club. He graduated summa cumlaude in mathematics in 1929. An imposingprofessor named Bart Leach coined Blackmun'sHarvard Law School nickname, "Ol' Blackhouse," bymisreading his name. He graduated from HarvardLaw School (HLS) in 1932. After clerking for ajudge on the U.S. Court of Appeals, Blackmunpracticed law privately for nearly two decades...
With Shakespeare in Love, we find Fiennes as the title character searching for a muse to stir up his creative juices. Paltrow is just the ticket as she employs the ol' Victor/Victoria trick to gender bend her way onto the stage and into Fiennes' heart. The adultery angle doesn't really do it for me, but Tom Stoppard, the screenwriter, deftly weaves Shakespeare's elegant language with his own poetic words. If the Scarlet Letter duo don't affect you, at least the verbal swordplay will keep you interested till...