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...Hoop Dreams" tells the charged and turbulent stories of two inner-city Chicago teenagers, William Gates and Arthur Agee. Both aspire to careers in professional basketball, and both spend their adolescent years on their respective neighborhood courts. Film makers Steve James, Frederick Marx and Peter Gilbert follow the pair for five full years, beginning with freshman year of high school and ending with freshman year of college, through family struggles, vibrant victories, and finally to the harsh realities that undercut the "dreams" of the film's title. William and Arthur's dreams are born, cultivated, encouraged, exploited and destroyed...
...crucial turns in the narrative arise from the influence and intervention of school administrators and coaches as well as those of parents and siblings. At the start of the film we sense the same excitement and anticipation that both boys do--William and Arthur appear to be incredibly talented, and both are sought out by scouts who cruise urban Chicago's asphalt looking for skilled young players...
...Republicans). . . . I certainly wouldn't rule it out. It depends on what it says." White House advisers downplayed the statement, but it was the first time Clinton ever signaled willingness to play ball on the issue, and GOP leaders, including future House Speaker Newt Gingrich, praised him. But Arthur J. Kropp, president of the progressive People for the American Way, weighed in: "Instead of taking his cues from Newt Gingrich, President Clinton should be standing for the constitutional rights of all schoolchildren."Post your opinion on theWashingtonbulletin board...
...which the service sector has accommodated refugees from other parts of the economy: "There are so many complex choices in the mutual-fund world that you need an investment counselor," he says. "Computers change quickly, so you have to hire consultants. Law firms need more attorneys and the Arthur Andersens and KMPG Peat Marwicks are adding more accountants...
...DIRECTOR: Arthur Hochstein...