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ONSTAGE, KEITH JARRETT belies his cerebral, prickly reputation. Swept up in the trancelike flow of his jazz improvisations, he levitates from the piano stool like Jerry Lee Lewis, head thrust back and howling with pleasure. Beneath his fluid fingers, the keyboard ripples spontaneously, spinning out an endless series of riffs and variations, while his lyrical bassist, Gary Peacock, and elegant drummer, Jack DeJohnette, match him move for move. Heads nod approvingly as the melody is handed off from instrument to instrument, three men doing what they love best: making music with hand and heart...
...main thrust is decentralization: Instead of letting school boards make major decisions, panels composed of parents, community members, teachers, principles and sometimes students make decision locally...
...match was tied 2-2 after four games, which thrust the teams into a fifth game, under rally point scoring. Harvard (9-6, 2-2 Ivy) was down 9-5 until Cornell made a few mistakes, giving Harvard the momentum to surge ahead and win 15-13. For the match-winning point, freshman outside hitter, Melissa Forcum pounded an unreturnable spike...
...helps to disguise the plot Demi Moore plays her part with a determination and recklessness that would have done Hester Prynne proud. Gary Oldman would cut a more convincing figure as her passionate and inspirational lover, the Reverend Dimmesdale, if he weren't undercut by the melodramatic sermonizng thrust upon him by the script. And Robert Duvall steals the show as Demi's estranged pay chopathic husband, who has gone so native that the natives themselves decide they're scared...
...tenant of Kellynch, however, turns out to be Admiral Croft, the brother-in-law of Captain Wentworth, meaning that Wentworth and Anne will inevitably be thrust together. When Wentworth arrives, it seems as if he will soon be engaged to Louisa Musgrove, a high-spirited but silly girl who is Anne's opposite. Indeed, Anne's thoughtless sister Mary (Sophie Thompson) reports that Wentworth had said that "he would hardly have recognized her." It seems that she is condemned to watch in silence as the man she still loves is lost to her forever...