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...valuable experiment for all concerned: too often the mainstage swallows up smaller-scale dramatic works that just don't suit its vastness; the Bach Society or the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra would, I hope, jump at the chance to perform challenging dramatic music; and singers and directors could only thrive with such collaborators. The American Repertory Theater has already made use of the Loeb for operatic works, and plans to do more. There's no reason why undergraduates shouldn't follow suit...
...takes a thick-skinned and disciplined swimmer to thrive in Randy's program, a swimmer who can live without ever hearing a word of congratulation from the notoriously hard-to-please coach. But for the upward-bound athletes who are willing to commit their bodies and souls to Randy--like Tracy Caulkins, who will be joining her sister at Florida this fall--the results can be very heartening...
Already film makers are leaving Hollywood, at least geographically, to survive and thrive. George Lucas presides over a contingent of resourceful directors in the San Francisco area. And New York, which lost its production-center supremacy to California 65 years ago, is again nourishing film makers. Benton, Brian De Palma and Woody Allen all live and work in New York. And if Ordinary People cops the top Oscar, it will be the seventh consecutive Best Picture directed by a man who grew up or lives in New York...
...bother you that some schools are primarily for ambitious high schoolers and others for delinquent collegians: the same levelling forces thrive everywhere, forces that can make the most mature college senior behave like a third-grader...
...Although individualism and self-reliance have been the very basis of U.S. culture since the nation's founding, companies may have no choice but to nurture a Japanese-style spirit of corporate teamwork. The Theory Z companies have shown that such firms can not only survive but also thrive...