Word: wizardly
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Some of these guys are almost 20 years younger than Jordan. In other words, Jordan is nearly double their age. Yet, The Wizard of the Wizards not only competes at an All-Star level but also plays 40-plus minutes a game as he single-handedly wills his team to victory night in and night...
...goal is for at least 60% of taxpayers to qualify. There's a "wizard" to help you see if you do (from irs.gov click Free File, Start Now and Guide Me to a Service). But here's a tip: if your adjusted gross income is $28,000 or less or you qualify to file Form 1040EZ, you're good to go with half a dozen or more of the firms. With an AGI of $50,000 or more, try TaxACT.com (again, from the IRS site). --By Nellie Huang
...Mister Roger’s Neighborhood” provided a rare moment of relief, a half hour when they could count on the creatures that Lewis Carroll called fabulous monsters to sit before a television screen, completely absorbed by the gentle magic of the least charismatic wizard in the history of children’s entertainment. There is nothing at all mystifying about the appeal of Fred Rogers for adults. But for those of us who never experienced the show as a child, there is something bewildering about the hold of a man who, like Robert Browning?...
...domain, and transforms himself through costume change. In the classics of children’s literature, the transition from reality to fantasy is often clearly marked by a gate, a door or a window. You reach Neverland by exiting through the window. In the film version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Dorothy has to open a door in order to reach Oz. Mary Lennox turns a key, pushes a gate and enters the secret garden. What Fred Rogers offered was probably the obverse of this threshold experience. Instead of feeling Mary Lennox’s excitement, Dorothy?...
...that losing [Gandalf's] charm and his naughtiness when he returns from the dead might diminish his popularity, but he's stayed so popular I've been asked to go back and shoot some more scenes for the third film." If fans can't get enough of the old wizard, neither can McKellen, who refuses to accept that the part ends with the trilogy's final installment. He has a grand idea for the prequel: "I want to play Gandalf again, in The Hobbit. I've asked Peter Jackson if he'll produce the prequel as a huge, yearlong television...