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However, in spite of the budgetary constraints, Nightfall still needed some more equipment to begin filming: a tripod and a sound system. The sound equipment came from yet another Cabot House member, George M. Collins ’01. “George was really involved with a lot of VES projects and had some great equipment,” says Newkirk. “He was very helpful to us.” The sound equipment was supplemented by a surprise purchase by one of Newkirk’s roommates. Says Newkirk, “I came back from...
...begged to be shot. Every inch of wall space not covered by a gun poster held a shelf of guns instead. There were gun rental options on crowded shelves, in display cases, on top of display cases, hanging from the walls, leaning against the walls and free-standing on tripod mounts...
...light bulb clicked on: acquire, acquire, acquire. In three years, Davis took advantage of a powerful new currency, equity, to purchase more than a dozen Internet sites. Taking a page from AOL's book, Lycos became a one-stop Internet "community," with brands that ranged from Web-page builder Tripod to Quote.com a financial chat service, and dating service Matchmaker...
...Hollywood, David Lean used Guinness to hold up his epics, like the third leg of a tripod. As Colonel Nicholson in "Bridge on the River Kwai," the Arab prince Feisal in "Lawrence of Arabia," Gen. Yevgraf Zhivago in "Doctor Zhivago," there was the story, the place, and somewhere, Alec Guinness. The moment in "Kwai" when the maniacally correct Nicholson stumbles across William Holden - "You!" - and looks at the ground as bullets fly and disillusionment explodes all over Nicholson's face - could have won him his Best Actor all by itself. The movie, too big for the grimacing Holden to fill...
...year before the suit was filed, he has accelerated his donating schedule in the 16 months of the trial.) "I have a high enough level of visibility that people will second-guess anything I do," Gates says, shrugging. He has come to see his life as something of a tripod: there are his wife and children, his company and "this other area, in philanthropy, where I'm seeing that by engaging the smart people and highlighting the possibilities, there's a chance to do something that every day I feel good about...