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...main villain is unconvincing. The college chaplain and former admissions tutor who told the reporter his money would talk, Rev. John Platt, is described by former students as devoted to their welfare and assiduous in touring state schools to encourage applications from bright kids without money. He wasn't seeking a bribe for himself, but worrying about Pembroke - which he cheerfully described as "poor as shit...
Where else could Rev. Platt's colleagues scare up a few bucks? Not from the government: for the first time it is now asking students to pay some of their tuition and living costs, so it can free up funds not to lavish on élite schools, but to expand student numbers across the country. This year Oxford faces an after-inflation cut of .3% in its government grant. Not from increased tuition: the government won't let Oxford charge more than other universities, though many students (and their parents) would certainly pay it. Like other colleges, Pembroke already runs...
...feeble. Last month my wife received a phone call from a Somerville student fund raiser, a welcome innovation. But the caller seemed embarrassed to ask for $20 a month. Pembroke's last master, Robert Stevens, retired early, largely because the fund-raising burdens were exhausting him. So if Rev. Platt was willing to create an extra place for a student whose entrance exam grades were (according to his "father") two As and one B instead of three As, was that so bad if future Pembrokians would benefit to the tune...
...genes that cause the human body to reject organs harvested from swine. Experts, while careful to note that the final goal of transplantable pig organs is still years away, hailed the news. "It is not the final hurdle, but it is very important," said Dr. Jeffrey L. Platt, of the Mayo Clinic...
...story unfolds quickly from there. The talented Jennifer Esposito does what she can in a role that was created purely in service of the plot, while Douglas’ character remains stoic and resolute, if you can believe it, despite the tremendous pressure he’s under. Oliver Platt surfaces briefly as a deceitful shrink whose better lines were most likely left on the cutting room floor...