Word: vistas
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Arachnophobia has been billed by its distributor, Buena Vista Pictures, as "the first thrill-omedy," a novel combination, one supposes, of the horrific and the humorous. While the film does combine these elements, its success lies not so much with an original synthesis as with prudent use of time-proven moviemaking techniques...
...rays. Built by science and engineering students from 32 American and Canadian colleges and universities, the innovative cars, capable of reaching speeds of up to 113 k.p.h. (70 m.p.h.), are following an 11-day, 2,639-km (1,640-mile) course that began in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., and will pass through eight states. The high-tech Soap Box Derby is scheduled to finish this week at the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Mich., outside Detroit. (In case of extended rain, the race may be delayed.) According to the < contest's sponsors -- GM, the Department of Energy...
...DIEGO. Within six months of her arrival at Linda Vista Elementary School in July 1987, principal Adel Nadeau custom-tailored a program to fit her 950 students, 62% of whom were from Southeast Asia and spoke little or no English. With the approval of the school district, she and her 33 teachers decided to split...
Without the pressure of grades, which the school eliminated three years ago, pupils are progressing more quickly, and attendance has improved. This year, for the first time, Linda Vista placed 27 children in gifted-student classes, and next fall will add 24 more. Three multilingual aides regularly visit parents to talk about what they can do to help their children achieve. "The idea behind site-based management is to make the community part of the process," says Nadeau. RJR Nabisco agrees: last April the company awarded Linda Vista a $550,555 Next Century Schools grant to continue its outstanding work...
Aronson, 44, grew up in a middle-class home in Rye, N.Y. After graduating from the University of Chicago, he became a VISTA volunteer in Kentucky. He later worked to overthrow the corrupt administration of United Mine Workers President W.A. (Tony) Boyle and then, back in Kentucky, he helped win a landmark coalworkers contract in 1974 -- an effort immortalized in the film Harlan County, U.S.A...