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...freshman, I've never seen any of these teams," Kimble said. "Pitching-wise, I know they are really good hitters. It will be a mental game of out-thinking the batters and keeping them on their toes...
...DESPITE ALL the pain and anguish, the lottery process can be truly a positive experience, bringing first-years together and injecting a sense of suspense and excitement into the other wise dreaded weeks of mid-term exams...
...movie business, they say the calls you receive are a barometer of your importance. If so, it would probably be wise to declare a storm watch around John Singleton. What's keeping his phone line sizzling is the phenomenal success of his debut feature film, Boyz N the Hood. When it opened last July, Boyz's commercial survival seemed threatened by sporadic violence at theaters across the country. But ultimately the film's own passionate condemnation of violence won out. Made for a modest $6 million, it has grossed more than $57 million domestically, making it the most profitable movie...
Most important, Allen has inserted his own screen character, the wise schlemiel, into the proceedings, this time as a clerk recruited by a variety of vigilante bands, each with a theory about how to catch the night stalker. The clerk supplies what expressionism always lacked -- jokes. And his increasingly tense situation provides a sharp commentary on the fecklessness of ideological debate when a crisis is at hand...
...telephone office will probably eliminate that $100 limit for students "in good standing who pay their bills on time," Wise said...