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...BRAT PACK COLLECTION The movie that elicited the term Brat Pack for a bunch of young actors was actually St. Elmo's Fire. This set of three films--The Breakfast Club, Weird Science and Sixteen Candles--should be named for writer-director John Hughes, who zeroed in on the light side of teen angst, or Molly Ringwald, his russet-haired muse. Hughes got the social pain of class rivalries, puppy lust and ineffectual parents, making it all funny and agreeable. Sixteen Candles is his Cinderella, The Breakfast Club his No Exit and Weird Science ... well, that one's just weird...
...were sailing when we were doing well,” Flynn said. “We didn’t do too great Saturday afternoon, but we were happy with our performance on Sunday.” While the Crimson ultimately slid into the middle of the pack, Harvard opened the regatta on a successful note, with the A-Division duo of Cordeiro and Roberta Steele finishing third in the regatta’s opening race. “We just had a good start—as our coach puts it, we had good wheels,” Cordeiro...
...Heteronormative” is a peculiar (some would say vapid) invention that does not yet pack the rhetorical punch “homophobia” does, largely because the idea that underlies it is so absurd on the face of things...
Here’s an example: Let’s say in the midst of a dross-filled dining hall conversation between a pack of men, one mentions a “hot date” he’ll be having later that night. Following which, one of his mates inquires, “who’s the chick...
...Hornets keep buzzing in Oklahoma after the new-team novelty wears off? In basketball, wins often write the bottom line. The Hornets were tied for the second worst record in the NBA last year and probably won't fare much better this season. It's one thing to pack the place on opening night, quite another to repeat the feat at the April game against the Golden State Warriors, with both teams playing for nothing but pride...