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...film's vast scope ranges from the snowy, unspoiled peaks of Middle-earth (shot in various New Zealand locales) to the city of Isengard (a composite of models and computer-generated imagery), which is destroyed--spectacularly--by a brigade of towering, treelike creatures known as Ents. Meanwhile, the hobbit hero Frodo (Elijah Wood) continues his quest: he must destroy the magic Ring before the Dark Lord Sauron can use it to rule the world. Aragorn (played by Mortensen, who transforms himself before your eyes from brooding beefcake to full-blown movie star) embarks across the desolate plains of Middle-earth...
...what he’s accomplished that Carl couldn’t have handled it better,” Murphy says. “Carl has the ability—and this is the case with anyone who is successful in anything—to focus. He narrows his scope of vision, and doesn’t let the peripheral things that are going on occupy his mind at critical times...
...People don’t necessarily understand the size and the scope of the problem,” said Alixandra E. Smith ’02, ACS publicity director...
...Historians are very aware of the importance of learning another language and acquiring a more international scope,” she said...
Neither Stanford nor Yale mentioned this factor in their public statements, although Stanford Assistant Dean of Admission Marcela M. Muniz said that Stanford “considered how financial aid affects a student’s decision to consider other options within the whole scope of issues...