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...Shirley Temple was Hollywood's biggest box-office star; she was just 6 when the Motion Picture Academy voted her a special Oscar. Since then, the Academy has honored 16 actors under 14 with nominations or Oscars. Keisha Castle-Hughes, 14, the Maori charmer of Whale Rider, was cited last year. Tatum O'Neal (Paper Moon) and Anna Paquin (The Piano) won supporting-actress Oscars on their first acting jobs. Standards change, and what was cute in the '30s can seem forced today. "I watched a Shirley Temple film the other night," says Trevor Albert, one of the producers...
...prevent the Harvard men’s swimming and diving team from a strong finish in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Open Swimming and Diving Championships this weekend. The Crimson, propelled by strong performances on the final day of competition, placed third in the event behind Rider and Marist...
Jackets are only one part of the accouterments riders need for shows, and participating in the sport isn’t easy on the wallet. Lessons are $35, and shows require a $20 registration fee and $27 for each class in which a rider competes. The necessary gear—including a helmet, boots, jacket, shirt, and breeches—amounts to almost $1,000. Since riding is a club sport, members foot this bill themselves...
...rider really has to pick up the horse’s style and mood, and give really clear signals about what needs to be done,” said Gray. “Horses are very different. You have to psych out the individual horse and do it really fast....It’s a sport where you practice, and [then] compete with a partner whom you’ve never met before...
...participants, NuRide offers a frequent rider bonus: anyone who shares a ride gets a $1 gift certificate from such companies as Brookstone and XM Satellite Radio. So far, 2,300 people have signed up. NuRide CEO Rick Steele estimates that more than 50,000 rides have been arranged on the site, resulting in 1.4 million fewer miles driven and 650 fewer tons of automobile emissions. "I do it to save on gasoline and reduce my stress load," says Dan Kulpinski, a senior programming manager at America Online, who has arranged 100 trips, mostly for the 55-min. commute from...