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...David J. Morin and the two began a Charleston-like dance across the room as their students dance in their seats. Schulz executes a handstand as Morin grabs her legs. She wraps her feet around his neck and clasps his knees with her hands as he begans to spin quickly around to the swing music playing. When Jessica L. Ross ’03, the actress playing Schulz (who, like Morin, is a character based on a real Physics 16 TF of the same name), falls on her head, the music stops and the rest of the cast, after realizing...

Author: By Stephanie E. Butler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Physics: The Musical! | 4/11/2002 | See Source »

...henchman is a minor character in a fleeting scene in Some Like It Hot, but Billy Wilder couldn't resist giving him a line with a nifty reverse spin on it. That was Wilder all over. He gave Hollywood's top stars their finest, fullest roles: Greta Garbo (Ninotchka), Barbara Stanwyck (Double Indemnity), Gloria Swanson (Sunset Blvd.), Audrey Hepburn (Sabrina and Love in the Afternoon), Marilyn Monroe (Some Like It Hot), Jack Lemmon (The Apartment and six others). And what was in it for the viewer? Roiling dramatic dilemmas, complex adult characters and, memorably, some of the tastiest slices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kings of Comedy | 4/8/2002 | See Source »

...well as the publicity and merchandising benefits, Quesada insists that the comics market learned a lesson from The X-Men film: "We missed the boat editorially. The movie was streamlined, whereas the comics were incredibly convoluted, with spin-off titles that splintered the characters. That was alienating and put us in a bad position to capitalize on the movie." Marvel has since relaunched both The X-Men and Spider-Man, bringing the stories in line with the films' simplified structure. Quesada has also hired Hollywood talent: for example, Kevin Smith, screenwriter of the 1994 cult hit comedy Clerks, was recruited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hero Worship | 4/8/2002 | See Source »

Most panelists said Bush’s rhetorical spin was likely designed to shift public attitudes and may have overshadowed significant steps being made on a smaller, local scale...

Author: By Eric M. Berger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: IOP Panel Debates Future of North Korea | 4/3/2002 | See Source »

...Brothers Mark and James, both fathers in their 30s, say they're happy cruising in their mid-priced Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyders. "At almost every red light," says Mark, "someone wants to race me." That rebel spirit is catchy. After their mother June--a 60-year-old nurse--took a spin, she bought a Spyder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Going Topless | 4/1/2002 | See Source »

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