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...former theater director and son of a classical musician, took the arty road, making operatic, actor-centric films that sometimes (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now) found large audiences. Lucas, who had written a third-grade theme that began, "Once upon a time in the land of Zoom..." and loved to tinker with cars, replayed his Modesto, Calif., adolescence in American Graffiti. Then he reworked the beloved comic books and B-movie serials of his youth into Star Wars, a film as stylized and sterile as a piece of abstract animation, yet an adventure potent enough to please mass audiences...
...Supreme Court’s decision should be motivated by more than practicality. As Justice Abe Fortas argued in Tinker v. Des Moines, “In our system, state-operated schools may not be enclaves of totalitarianism. School officials do not possess absolute authority over their students. Students in school as well as out of school are ‘persons’ under our Constitution...
...Supreme Court’s decision should be motivated by more than practicality. As Justice Abe Fortas argued in Tinker v. Des Moines, “In our system, state-operated schools may not be enclaves of totalitarianism. School officials do not possess absolute authority over their students. Students in school as well as out of school are ‘persons’ under our Constitution...
With starters Mike Lobach, Kevin Ara and Ladd Fritz sitting out with red card suspensions carried over from Sundays match against Loyola Marymount, Crimson Coach John Kerr was forced to tinker with a starting lineup that was really starting to gel after a 3-1 start to the year. Three freshmen were inserted into the starting lineup, including James Roth, who started his first game in goal for the Crimson...
That leaves Powell to tinker on the margins. He's not averse to walking away from the ABM treaty. He's for Rice's "grand bargain" to couple a new defense shield with way-low offensive arsenals. But he's at odds with the others on how and when to get out of the treaty. He would like to do it more delicately, while making a sincere effort to talk Russia into agreement...