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...remember from the old show, was the role of the evil doctor Smith. Gary Oldman gives an evil performance, to be sure, but since his reasons are explained in the plot exposition, he just doesn't seem as bad as the man from the sitcom. The script also brings random psychology into the relationship with the Robinson family. Ultimately, the best part of the movie is little Will Robinson. His performance almost guarantees that the movie will sell a lot of action figures. --Shatema A. Threadcraft...
...tour of the campus knows the Widener story. The intrepid, but not-too-bright Harvard grad who went back into the ship as it was sinking to rescue a rare manuscript. But very few ever learn the Straus tragedy. And of those who do, fewer remember this random piece of school trivia. Apparently Mrs. Straus had a spot on one of the life boats, but refused to leave her husband. She stayed and they both drowned together as Titanic sank. In their memory, the Straus' children donated Straus Hall. Proof that while Harvard people may be very dedicated, they often...
...seen doing gymnastic jumps, walking in a drunken stupor, smoking and urinating. One version even shows the baby dancing, then getting run over by a car. The baby made the leap from the Internet to television media in FOXs Ally McBeal this past January, taunting the title character at random moments. Viewers can also see the Dancing Baby in a Blockbuster advertisement. The baby has spawned t-shirts, hats and mousepads. From its immaculate conception about two years ago, "Dancing Baby" has become the newest, coolest media phenomenon of the nineties...
...random lottery would then be conducted among the second, qualified pool of candidates. Those selected could rejoice in their good fortune. Those who did not win could blame Lady Luck, or not blame anyone or anything at all--having been defeated only by chance, they could walk away from the application process with chins up and pride intact...
...more potent objection is that picking people at random hinders our ability to account for diversity. But this is untrue. The initial standard for qualification could be set so as to guarantee a diverse poll of admits to the lottery. True, you might by chance end up with a homogeneous group selected in a given round, but over time disparities would even out. Or, if need be, the lottery could be circumvented to allow for extraordinary circumstances...