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...pull off an inimitable skateboard stunt and he blithely answers, "You just get the courage up and do it." That combination of aggressive athleticism and laid-back languor?lassitude with attitude?has propelled the lanky 6-ft. blond from Carlsbad, Calif., to the front of the professional skateboarding pack. Hawk (his real name) has won all three of the National Skateboard Association titles previously awarded and is expected to roll past the competition for a fourth this weekend at the N.S.A. championships in Anaheim, Calif. Hawk turned pro three years ago, and since then his aerobatic antics have appeared...
...SHOULD WIN WHO WAS ROBBED BEST PICTURE BABEL THE DEPARTED LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE THE QUEEN BABEL No sure shots here, but we're guessing this panoramic epic will touch the same chords that Crash did last year. THE DEPARTED A gnarly plot, a pack of stars feasting on meaty roles, the Boston air stenchy with betrayal ... that's enough for us. UNITED 93 One of the few films to deal with the war on terrorism at its first flash point, this fine 9/11 docudrama merited a slot. BEST DIRECTOR CLINT EASTWOOD, Letters from Iwo Jima STEPHEN...
...York City. On display are more than 100 of the most inventive works from the past three years, ranging from new graphics for prescription pill bottles to wardrobes for Madame Butterfly. The exhibit is meant to showcase recent design feats, but it feels futuristic, with a prominent pack of robotic dogs and sci-fi humanoids coming to life among the customary displays of architectural models and modernist furniture...
...these parties," says Doherty. "Some of us never got picked up in a limo until our wedding. There's a sense that it's out of control." He muses on how birthdays got to be so extragavant: "We're social animals, we look at what the standards of the pack are. My role is to try to influence the norms of the community. I was to give permission to parents to downsize these parties, and still feel that they're good parents...
Devotees of filing often interrupt their thought flow to stuff papers in folders, while pack rats just toss papers to the side for later. Procrastination like that can actually pay off. "Putting off undertaking almost any form of neatening or organizing will probably have some advantage," write Abrahamson and Freedman, "because it's much more efficient to organize a large set of things at one shot than it is to try to organize them in pieces as they come along...