Word: robin
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...somewhat less eager than their mothers to extol "the need for professionalism, the need for perfection." But for the most part, the votaries tumble over themselves in their affirmation of the golden rules they have mastered. "When you say you can do something, you can do it," says Robin Snow, 15. "When you say you can't, you can't." Everywhere, giggles abound. "When you get girls together," says Shawn, 15, "they become best friends. Even after a minute...
...impish face, but her pops, Robin Williams, is still the bigger clown. In House of D, ZELDA WILLIAMS, 15, is the lead's crush, while her dad is a quirky janitor...
From there, his search takes him to more and more unlikely settings. Although the progression from his home to his school is an obvious one, the mentor he selects there—Pappass (Robin Williams), the mentally-challenged school janitor—certainly is not. Nonetheless, Pappass gives Tommy everything his mom does not; he is happy to listen to Tommy’s rambling thoughts and his mental deficiency allows him to relate to a 13-year...
...clients, ranging from Arab princes to U.S. corporate kings, will remain secret. Barrows suggested in a news conference that her power ful patrons had pressured Manhattan D.A. Robert Morgenthau into the lenient agreement. Her attorney termed the decision a "kiss on the wrist." Barrows depicted herself as a Robin Hood, who by plea bargaining had saved "a lot of innocent people" from being exposed...
...Staff writer Robin M. Peguero can be reached at peguero@fas.harvard.edu...