Word: wizardly
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...well-known abroad than the nearby Kings Cross station popularized in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, St. Pancras still had the last laugh: Its grand gothic interior was the location for the scene in the movie version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone when the boy wizard departs from the mythical platform...
High on the list was the highly anticipated release of the seventh Harry Potter book. So, months later, Harvard Square became Hogwarts Square, a wonderland for children dressed in wizard costumes and adults dressed in considerably more elaborate wizard costumes...
...fourth book, Harry confronts the enemy masquerading as an ally and witnesses the death of an innocent friend, and in the fifth is tortured by memories of the death and angered by his apparent inability to stop the dark wizard Lord Voldemort’s regaining power. In between, Harry also gets his first crush, his first kiss, and takes his first standardized tests...
...greater challenge is knowing that the fate of the wizard world rests on whatever strength he can summon. He must face down Voldemort the way other boys confront puberty--as a threat and a thrill that run seismic changes through his body. Precociously wise, Harry also seems prematurely tired, a wizened wizard at 15. And Radcliffe measures up to his character; his bold shadings reveal Harry as both a tortured adolescent and an epic hero ready to do battle. All of which makes Potter 5 not just a ripping yarn but a powerful, poignant coming-of-age story...
HOWDY DOODY WAS FINE, BUT for legions of future scientists of the '50s and '60s, Mr. Wizard was the man. On TV's weekly Watch Mr. Wizard, the infectiously curious former actor Don Herbert intrigued kids by respecting their intelligence, employing them as assistants, and conducting cool experiments--with paper plates, straws and teapots--that illuminated such mysteries as how rain is made and why birds fly. The Peabody Award--winning show, which ran from 1951 to 1965, spawned thousands of Mr. Wizard clubs across the country, and in the '60s and '70s was cited by half the applicants...