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...That's pure Spielberg: the story of a stranded or abandoned child searching for signposts to home, for the reunion of the nuclear family. This Hansel-and-Gretel motif has been playing from his first feature, The Sugarland Express (two young marrieds struggle to rescue their child from foster parents), through half a dozen other films he has directed or produced (Poltergeist, Back to the Future, The Goonies, Empire of the Sun, Hook, Saving Private Ryan). That's a pretty full gallery of lost boys and girls. And what is that little parchment-pated E.T. but a precocious kid, light...
...some artists (and, of course, their fans), summer is also nostalgia season. Roxy Music, minus original band member Brian Eno, should draw crowds with its reunion tour, the band's first live performances since 1983. Other acts on the road include Neil Young and Crazy Horse, the Beach Boys and Bill Wyman (without the Stones) and David Gilmour (without Pink Floyd.). Still other veteran artists mix longtime favorites with new chart-topping music. Madonna, Bon Jovi and U2 have all had huge hits in recent months, and all three have huge tours this summer, with Madonna's first tour...
...Niemiec, who is a close friend of Winthrop, says that Winthrop sprang into action when her husband, Grant F. Winthrop `71, was contacted by Harvard to serve on the 30th reunion gift committee and she was not asked to serve as well...
...Though Hope Winthrop was hesitant to talk about her interactions with the 30th reunion committee, Niemiec says that Winthrop felt it was unfair that Harvard only contacted its alumni—and not Radcliffe’s alumnae—to play a leading role in the reunion festivities...
...After contacting Harvard herself, Winthrop succeeded in joining the 30th reunion gift committee that her husband was originally recruited...