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...kids don't know how easy you have it. Back in my day, we walked to school, uphill both ways, in the snow or rain or sleet, mind you - and on top of all that, we even took our own tests. That was in the days before teachers and administrators at 32 New York City public schools allegedly started "helping" their students with statewide tests, when kids actually had to know something about reading, writing and arithmetic to get passed to the next grade. For the last five years, claims special investigator Edward Stancik, some kids have just waltzed into...
Perhaps to remind himself how tough a world lies ahead, Son practices his golf game at home, on an electronic range that reproduces the toughest competitive conditions, including wind and rain. Anything...
...next few scenes vanishes the next night, a rainy and cold evening and Esteban's birthday. Affonso Beato, director of photography, employs clever technique interposing dot matrix drawings of women in red over Manuela's image. Similarly, the night's coldness is reflected in camera angles of rain on the windows and fog in mirrors. One can almost feel the chill of the evening on one's shoulders. This clammy sensation follows the viewer as Manuel and Esteban observe a performance of Streetcar Named Desire, a play holding special significance to Manuela. Twenty years before, Manuela played Stella...
...Goddammit, a couple of years ago, when they canceled it because of rain, we were four strokes back of the leader when they blew the whistle...
...hallowed tradition had had previous problems. The pile collapsed twice before, most recently in 1994, after a heavy rain soaked the ground beneath the base logs. That's on top of reports over the years of cuts and concussions incurred during construction. "People are saying these students gave their lives for the cause, but their lives were clearly taken," says biology professor Hugh Wilson, who leads Aggies Against Bonfire, a faculty and student group. "I'd like to see the bonfire abolished as an institutional enterprise...