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...matter of life and death, cinema was an instant sensation. In Europe it attracted not only lifelong fans but also visionary artists. On a par with, or ahead of, directors in the U.S., they created film art. Color, sound, musical scores, special effects, the chase, the epic, the sequel--all were pioneered by Europeans in the early 1900s, long before Americans made movies in a town called Hollywood...
...Gammons is quite successful in creating a cemetery and an artist's studio, with rain pouring outside the windows. A moving stage keeps the scene changes smooth, and is instrumental in keeping a complex play like this as lucid as possible. Unfortunately, the sound was not up to par with the great visual scenery of the play: A few lines were inaudible, and many more were impossible to hear for those sitting in the back...
...application was deferred admission, and I was waitlisted in the spring. Though I outwardly put on a brave face, cultivating school spirit for another college, I was completely crushed. When an acceptance letter from Harvard arrived in late May, I enrolled immediately, but did not feel quite up to par with the rest of the entering class...
...Crimson posted its best finish of the spring season, finishing third in a field of 17 teams at the Division I Tournament at The Country Club of Fairfield (par 70) in Fairfield, Connecticut. The tournament was played in a stroke-play format in which the best four-out-of-five scores were counted...
...direction of having every kid be a star," says James Dawson, head of the Professional Children's School in Manhattan, which is attended by aspiring and professional actors, musicians, figure skaters and models. "By doing that, of course, what you really say to kids is that normalcy is below par...