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Meanwhile, Wiseman has remained austerely, some would say maddeningly, consistent. In a string of further documentaries for public TV, his cameras have observed institutions from a New York City welfare office to Dallas' Neiman-Marcus department store, all with the same unvarnished, fly-on-the-wall style. Even his titles -- Hospital, Welfare, Racetrack, The Store -- are stripped to the bluntly descriptive essentials. Behind Wiseman's minimalist method, however, is a subtle and perceptive artist. His enduring subject: the way people cope with the stress, dislocation and institutional indifference of American life...
...many ways. You had a series of things to do and you just did them." For Michael, they included bringing home A's, doing chores without being asked, earning his own spending money from his paper route, becoming an Eagle Scout and working hard enough to make first- string point guard on the basketball team. His mother pushed as hard as his father did. Dukakis remembers his father telling his mother when he was about 16, "If this boy doesn't slow down, he's going to get sick...
Legendary athletes are honored when their number is retired with them. Just ask Dave ("Spuds") Bresnahan, the never-to-be-forgotten second-string catcher for the Williamsport (Pa.) Bills, a class AA team. His immortal feat on the diamond last year prompted 2,700 of his fans to gather at Bowman Field last week to pay him a belated tribute and to paint his number, 59, on the outfield fence...
This year, the Harvard lacrosse team turned in another in a string of stellar seasons. The Crimson finished with a 12-3 overall record, and a 6-0 Ivy mark, which gave Harvard its second-straight league championship...
This year, the Harvard field hockey team turned in another of a string of disappointing seasons. The Crimson finished with a 6-7-2 overall record and a 1-4-1 Ivy mark, which put Harvard in sixth place in the league...