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Sometimes Oscar's taste is validated by history. There are five Best Picture winners among the Top 10 honorees on the American Film Institute's list of the all-time best movies: Gone With the Wind, Casablanca, Lawrence of Arabia, The Godfather and Schindler's List. It's also true that the best-grossing film of any decade has usually won Best Picture: Gone With the Wind in the '30s, The Best Years of Our Lives in the '40s, Ben-Hur in the '50s, The Sound of Music in the '60s, Titanic in the '90s and the final Lord...
...input or support, says Ingersoll. And there's evidence that the best and brightest are the first to leave. Teachers with degrees from highly selective college are more likely to leave than those from less prestigious schools. In poor districts, attrition rates are so high, says Carroll, that "we wind up taking anybody just to have an adult in the classroom...
Last summer Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort in Hancock, Mass., became the first ski area to install its own wind turbine; nearly half the resort's energy needs are provided by the 1.5-MW tower. Producing its own energy also allows the resort to shield guests from higher room rates caused by rising electricity prices. At Vermont's Killington Resorts, the diesel-powered snowmaking compressors are being replaced with low-emission machines, which should reduce emissions 50% next year. Buck Hill Ski Area in Burnsville, Minn., buys enough wind power to run 85% of its operations. And Mammoth Mountain in California...
...planet too. An Eco-Friendly Course Barriers and Solutions [This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine.] THE TARGET THE PROBLEM THE GREEN APPROACH Energy production Ski lifts and snowmakers use massive amounts of electricity and diesel fuel Aspen Skiing Co. offsets 100% of its energy with wind power and makes snow with a speck of dust to lessen the water and energy used Transportation All those SUVs traveling back and forth to the slopes consume a lot of gas In Colorado, Copper Mountain uses energy-efficient buses, and the gondolas at Winter Park Resort serve as public...
...scene in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” where Jimmy Stewart storms the Senate and yells about some injustice while wearing the loosest suit imaginable. I wonder if that is what Barack Obama is going for. His jackets are gigantic. His pants flap in the wind. I realize he is skinny and has more important things on his mind or whatever, but considering that Michelle Obama is the best dressed at any of these functions, she probably understands the value of good tailoring. I don’t really understand why she isn?...