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...constraint has been money. It's always money. I wanted to do a biopic on Jackie Robinson. I want to do a biopic on Joe Louis and Max Schmeling. I want to do a biopic on James Brown. If Hollywood studios don't think that they're going to make money on it, they're not going to give you the money. Simple as that...
...Roger Terry, 87, was Jackie Robinson's roommate at UCLA and a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, the group of élite black pilots who served during World War II. After the unit tried to enter an all-white pilots' club in 1945, Terry was convicted of "jostling" an officer--the only airman to be punished in the episode. He was pardoned...
...seem altogether less academic than my high school years. Don’t get me wrong—I’ve taken Ec10 and read Milton—but the lessons that I learned from Mankiw and Teskey are inextricably intertwined with more personal ones. My classmate Edward Robinson ’09 summarized my feelings exactly when he said to me yesterday: “I expected freshman year that Harvard would make me superhuman; instead, it's just humanized...
...Sometimes they do matter more than that. Sometimes there’s greater meaning to be found in athletics. Sports can break social barriers and make broader statements, as Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, or Maniac Magee would be quick to tell...
...Robinson, Eugene •Cheney is called a "crazy old coot...