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...Bonner, however, told reporters, "He needs a checkup and serious medical care." Bonner, 63, tried repeatedly last week to get her husband to relax. She turned reporters away from the couple's apartment Tuesday, stating, "We need rest." A few hours later Sakharov quietly slipped out to attend a seminar at the Academy of Sciences, where he was applauded by his colleagues. On Thursday, Bonner insisted there would be no further visits for the rest of the week. The next day Sakharov sat for interviews with two U.S. television networks, again with no signs of censorship or restraint. While...
...Providence R.I. school also has a rigid set of procedures for dealing with students who are caught with any illegal substances. For the first offense, the student receives a letter from the dean, requiring him to sit in on a seminar sponsored by the office for education about alcohol and drugs, Simons says...
...second offense, or if the student fails to attend the seminar, the action is followed up and a third offense entails a hearing. Simons adds that students have been suspended and put on probation for alcohol use, but she did not think any students had been suspended this year...
...received much of its pop-cultural indoctrination from Animal House and such Saturday Night Live gang spinoffs as Trading Places. Landis' most successful work has come from his association with the late John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy and other SNL types. The Landis picture screened before the seminar, An American Werewolf in London, is a comedy-horror riot, simply plotted and masterfully executed, and laced with the kind of suburb-smart dialogue that engenders instant identification, from Great Neck, N.Y., to Encino, Calif...
Throughout his seminar and the reception for students that followed, Landis unconsciously reiterated his central theme. To the legions of sycophantic admirers who asked for tips on entering the movie business, Landis repeated that directing is "greatly overrated as a profession. There are no rules." Some in Hollywood might wish there were...