Word: robin
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...employees, we have the right to organize with the confidence that we have some recourse, which of course put some constraint on the employer," said Robin L. Brown '88, a TA who was fired during the 1995 strike...
...April, ABC-TV will air a prime-time special on brain development, directed by Rob Reiner and featuring such A-list stars as Tom Hanks and Robin Williams. It's the opening shot of an elaborate multimedia blitz that is coordinated by Families and Work Institute, based in New York City, and includes public-service announcements, magazine specials, home videos, online sites and CD-ROMS. "I couldn't create a big, federally funded program," says Reiner. "But I certainly can put on a show to raise awareness about how the first three years critically impact the way a child later...
Other panelists included Sir Robin McLaren, former British ambassador to the People's Republic of China and Ezra F. Vogel, Ford professor of the social sciences...
Branagh stumbles on his casting of Billy Crystal and Robin Williams as the First Gravedigger and Osric, respectively, but the generally strong cast more than makes up for this misjudgment. Claudius (Derek Jacobi) is subtly played, his motivation portrayed not in a devilish light, but more as ambition that has gotten in the way of morality. Horatio, always a difficult role to play, is handled deftly by Nicholas Farrell, who conveys the emotion of his part without over-emphasizing his relationship with Hamlet. Laertes, a role often overlooked in modern productions, is carefully played by Michael Maloney, who shows...
...Oscar for his four-hour, uncut ?Hamlet,? " says TIME's Richard Corliss, "he should at least cop a Chutzpah Award." Here's the most eclectic cast in movie history -- Julie Christie, Billy Crystal, Gerard Depardieu, John Gielgud, Rosemary Harris, Charlton Heston, Derek Jacobi, Jack Lemmon, John Mills, Robin Williams, Kate Winslet and the Duke of Marlborough, to name but a dozen -- in the second longest film released by a major studio (after ?Cleopatra?). To his credit, the actor-director-adapter approached this job not as a solemn duty or an egotistical stunt, but in the sensible belief that the greatest...