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...remember going to see the first Star Wars film when I was 14. I was blown away by the sheer scope of the film and the number of people who stood in long lines to see it. As a little person who stands just over 4 ft. (1.2 m) tall, I've found strength in the depiction of Yoda. Before Star Wars, I had never seen anyone of such small stature portrayed as a hero possessing tremendous strength and dignity. Lucas brought Yoda to life, all 2 ft. (0.6 m) of him, and created one of the greatest screen characters...
...have graduated if not for Herman Katz, a teacher at Roosevelt High, who plucked him from a remedial English class and propelled him on to graduate from UCLA. "It didn't take a genius to figure out there was a lot going on in that head of his. He stood out," says Katz...
...elected officials and the negativity that seemingly surrounds us today. Gerald J. Luongo Pompano Beach, Florida, U.S. I remember going to see the first Star Wars film when I was 14. I was blown away by the sheer scope of the film and the number of people who stood in long lines to see it. As a little person who stands just over 4 ft. (1.2 m) tall, I've found strength in the depiction of Yoda. Before Star Wars, I had never seen anyone of such small stature portrayed as a hero possessing tremendous strength and dignity. Lucas brought...
...events of Sept. 11, 2001. It was supposed to be another day of adjusting, the last day before we started classes at Harvard, before our new, grown-up lives began. Instead it was a day that ushered fear and instability into the world, and into our futures. We stood in the yard, sad and bewildered...
When we were sophomores and just getting the hang of the college thing, President Bush invaded Iraq. Most of us stood in the yard again, this time in protest, wondering why we were being led into a war that would turn a vast section of the world against us. If those movies had taught us anything, it was that war is only necessary when there was a direct threat; we didn’t see how 9/11 terrorists had anything to do with the Iraqis, save the fact that they shared a religion...