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...problems they face aren't. A 15-year-old boy is falling in with the wrong crowd on the streets. A single mother tries to put her life back together after drug rehabilitation. The manager of a clothing store owned by the Mob is lured into a steroid-fencing scheme by an old friend. A high school basketball star is benched for a bad attitude, ruining his chance to impress a college scout. All the action takes place over a single weekend; there are crises and confrontations, small changes but no big conclusions...
John Hammond is a man in love with an idea. Inspired by motives of applied science and pure profit, he has pursued a scheme to clone dinosaurs from their preserved dna and show off the brand-new behemoths on an island preserve. He has imperiled some noted scientists, and even his two young grandchildren, by inviting them to inspect the park before it is ready. Dino disaster awaits...
Race czar and Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III and Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles wrapped yards of red tape around the glowing coals of the previous spring's tense campus atmosphere, building committees, holding meetings and heralding a new scheme for College policy...
...anything special against Liz Berkery," laughs Maryland Head Coach Cindy Timchal. "You mean besides changing my entire defensive scheme and switching defenders constantly to try to stop...
Harvard's new recruiting scheme may expand the applicant pool but does little to increase the yield, or percentage of students who decide to matriculate. And when other colleges are flaunting offers of perks and scholarships. Harvard's perceived indifference and inattentiveness seems to become yet another reason for them not to want to come...