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College applications just don't tell us much about the applicants 55 years down the road. They do, however, make for amusing retrospective giggle-and-snortfests. Who knows? Maybe some Crimson brat 50 years down the road will dig up President Grunwald's pitiful Harvard application...
ESTIMATED ANNUAL INCOME--Fifteen classes, 50 kids in a class, $50,000 a brat: $37.5 million...
...abuse, though it drew no penalty from Open officials, appalled many onlookers. Some longtime Connors watchers, however, recognized that such displays may be an integral, even calculated, part of Connors' game. "The world may see a spoiled brat," observes David Pargman, a sports psychologist at Florida State University, in Tallahassee, "but some elite athletes turn on the anger strategically...
...Salvie figured by marrying the daughter of the underboss, ((Salvatore)) "Chuckie" Merlino, he'd be right near the top. But she was a spoiled brat, and a few months before the wedding he backed out. Everything was all set up: the gowns, the tablecloths, the invitations to the Bellevue- Stratford, the announcement in the newspaper. It was gonna have approximately 1,000 guests and cost well over $100,000. They were gonna try and get Michael Jackson to sing. When Salvie backed out, he signed his own death warrant. It was a blow to the underboss. This was the ultimate...
...multiply intensity of character by box-office impact. As the grieving widow in Ghost, Moore grounded the preposterous plot -- she gets a last chance to make love with her lost love -- and gave it resonance. She has shone in romantic comedy (about last night . . .) and Brat Pack frippery (St. Elmo's Fire). She always seems wired; nerves on edge, talent on display...