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...molding a mountain out of a dirt hill. At the beginning of both Raiders and Indiana Jones, the hilly Paramount Pictures logo dissolves into other fantasy mountains. More directly autobiographical is the genesis of several of his films. Close Encounters was born one night when young Steven's father woke the six-year-old and drove him to a large meadow to see a meteor shower. E.T. and The Goonies find their wellsprings in the need of a young outcast for a playmate, real or imagined. Poltergeist, which Spielberg describes as being "all about the terrible things...
...Pepsi-Cola. "This is not our normal fare," muttered Tom Cullins of Vermont. Said another: "We lived on bread and water our first five days." There was a chorus of dissent. "Come off it," said a hostage, "it was better than that." The main complaint: their captors continually woke them up at ungodly hours to discuss the situation...
Harvard, although tied for fourth after a weekend of EIBL competition, is clearly a better team. The win lifts the Crimson to 7-6; today the Crimson woke up over .500 for the first time since the second day of the season...
...telephone call from a television reporter woke me that morning. The woman on the other end said she had read what I had written and would like an interview...
Harvard--which like Loyola, lost in the NCAA quarterfinals a year ago--finally woke up five minutes into the game, when Lucy Chubb beat Loyola netminder Kim Halanych for the Crimson's first goal of the year...