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...fandom is really all about," says Leonard Nimoy, who played Mr. Spock, the superrational, pointy- eared Vulcan on the original series. "I talk to people in various professions all the time who say, 'I went to college to study this or that because of Star Trek."' Jonathan Frakes, Commander Riker on The Next Generation, concurs: "If you go in looking for geeks and nerds, then yeah, you'll find some. But this is a show that doesn't insult the audience. It is intelligent, literate and filled with messages and morals -- and that's what most of the people...
...quietly leaves the stage after a sublime performance before the audience can erupt into applause, the show closed gracefully, without heralding or fanfare, bang or whimper. In the final scene, the seven crew members who had meant most to the show--Jean Luc, Deanna Troi, Whorf, Data, Geordi, Commander Riker, and Dr. Crusher--sat around a table after escaping their hairiest adventure ever, playing cards and talking over life. It was an elegant exit and the essence of good art, leaving me, and I'm sure all watching, wanting more...
Dole is expected to remain in the hospital for a week. His spokesperson, Walt Riker, said that no follow-up treatment is planned...
...Harvard offers not a single course in the history of the former penal colony. True, there are no courses in the history of Alcatraz or of Riker's Island--although I wouldn't put it past the folks over in Robinson Hall. But then again, neither of these prison is a country unto itself, much less a continent...
...Riker said the difference would be made up by cuts in defense and other areas...