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...tends to reward total thinking, the welding of reader with book, the stopping of time in darkroom or laboratory. But only in the rarest of situations is such focus wholly safe. Always a scrap of mindfulness must caress the environment, noting perhaps the softly closing door, the far-off squeak, the scent of perfume or smoke or fear, the look crossing someone's eyes. Full and undivided attention encourages all sorts of surprise, sometimes grisly, and some surprise originates within gates, among colleagues, even among friends about to become strangers...

Author: By Professor JOHN R. stilgoe, | Title: IN THE MEANTIME | 4/22/1999 | See Source »

...tends to reward total thinking, the welding of reader with book, the stopping of time in darkroom or laboratory. But only in the rarest of situations is such focus wholly safe. Always a scrap of mindfulness must caress the environment, noting perhaps the softly closing door, the far-off squeak, the scent of perfume or smoke or fear, the look crossing someone's eyes. Full and undivided attention encourages all sorts of surprise, sometimes grisly, and some surprise originates within gates, among colleagues, even among friends about to become strangers...

Author: By Professor JOHN R. stilgoe, | Title: Why Not Assassin? | 4/22/1999 | See Source »

...bring the review down to earth. While the movie is generally well-written, often funny, only the final twists allow things to just squeak into an ending before turning irredeemably tiresome. Everyone seems overly confident in the script's zinginess and protean plotting--and therefore gets lazy...

Author: By Nicolas R. Rapold, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Back to Black | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

...meet progressed Saturday afternoon at Gordon Indoor Track and Tennis Center, the Crimson recovered to squeak past Princeton by four points. The final score of the meet was Harvard 56, Princeton 52, and Yale 40. YALE (MEN) 18 HARVARD 49 PRINCETON 102 HARVARD...

Author: By Maisa A. Badawy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Track Overcomes Obstacles To Beat Princeton, Yale; Injuries Foil Men | 2/16/1999 | See Source »

...Hanks doesn't squeak, he does squawk on the set. "For an Everyman," Spielberg says, "he's pretty damned opinionated." He can impose his will, and not just through star power. The week before Private Ryan was to begin shooting, Hanks and the film's squad of seven actors were put through some tough basic training. After three days, says Dye, "they were a little shocky, and naturally they began to grumble. But then out of his tent walks Tom Hanks as Captain Miller." Hanks recalls that after he gave an impassioned speech, "we took a vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Tom Terrific | 12/21/1998 | See Source »

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