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Maybe George Lucas ought to get out more. For the past three years, as he ruled his multimedia empire from the palatial redoubt of Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, Calif., Lucas has dwelt in the lovely dream that his 1999 Star Wars movie, Episode I--The Phantom Menace, was universally loved. Lately, though, inquiring journalists have slapped him awake. "I'm getting my education now from the press," he says. "They come in and say, 'Wow. People hated your movie. What do you think about that...
...including the costs in termbills, the telephone office will be far more likely to collect the payments successfully. Currently, both because of inefficient account management and student delinquency, HSTO spends much time and money pursuing a number of students who owe hefty balances. Of course, students (and their parents) ought to know how much they are paying for phone service, and it should be enumerated separately on the termbill. But overall, a flat rate paid up front will both eliminate billing confusion and equalize phone costs...
...cusp of a return trip to the NCAA tournament, the Harvard men’s tennis team has only two more hurdles to clear as it takes on Yale and Brown this weekend. Both matches ought to be hotly contested if recent history can prove to be a guide...
...have to do your homework and not be provocative,” West told Smiley. “You’re going to make judgments about someone’s scholarship, then you ought to read their work...
...that would not be deemed unacceptable by at least a small segment of Harvard’s large and heterogeneous population. However, sponsoring a concert that may be controversial does not run counter to the University’s mission, but rather is in support of it. The University ought to be a forum of open discussion and debate, and in order to do so it must at times support events that might be unpalatable to certain individuals’ tastes...