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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Shaath's well-appointed home--an incongruous sight in the midst of Gaza's rubble--one TV is tuned to CNN, another to Israeli television. Various radios blare with election news. The guests fidget and curse Peres' rival, Benjamin Netanyahu. "It's amazing," Shaath says, "for decades, each Israeli Prime Minister was as bad for us as every other. But this time our whole future is on the line. This is our election too, so of course we're all anxious--and believe me, no one is more anxious than Arafat. Given where we are with the peace process...
...intellectual backgrounds in the same classroom cannot be denied. Having experienced first-hand the benefits of diversity, I understand the emphasis that educators place on it. But in our celebration of diversity--the sum total of those things that make us different from each other--we must not lose sight of the value of community. All of us came to this great University as individuals with unique backgrounds and talents. Four years of shared experiences have forged a new communal identity for us. Today we depart not only as individuals but also as members of a remarkable group, the Class...
Even though Pasquale non-hesitantly gives his Harvard experience the top rating, he says the excessively competitive atmosphere of his first year created a "destructive attitude" in which students lost sight of the enjoyable aspects of college...
...anxiety did not disappear, I am sorry to say, upon this sight; but some of the loneliness...
Still, Solondz felt he knew the terrain well enough to be able to find the teenagers he'd need for the film just by sight. He and casting director Ann Goulder scoured New Jersey malls for girls who showed signs of self-loathing and boys who looked like bullies. That didn't work. The self loathers were too sad, and the bullies too evil. So they chose Heather Matarazzo, a sparky 11-year-old who had been acting professionally for five years, to play the nerdy, beleaguered Dawn Wiener. To nullify Heather's prettiness and self-assurance, Solondz "gave...