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That seemed to concern a translation assignment, not an in-class test. For that assignment, the students apparently were allowed to use a French/English dictionary. Cleary accused Connors of copying from a published translation.
That incident wasn't in the book. In the book, Rico is participating in a field exercise where he's supposed to navigate using only the sensors in his powered suit. He cheats by raising his helmet visor so he can see, and he gets caught. His punishment is the same as in the movie.
The "Dr. Voss" in the movie, like the other characters in the movie, is a fictional character. The article that you linked concerns a real person who happens to have a similar name.
"But, how does he come about this motivation to risk his life and his girlfriend's life? The twist at the end gives us his reason, but did he know that the whole time?"
Near the beginning of the movie, he reads Tauber's diary. The diary contains just enough details to make it clear to him that Roschmann killed his father.
"considering how bad santiago is"
We know that Santiago wasn't a bad Marine. He had medical issues that the doctor on the base failed to see.
Jessup could have sent him to a military hospital for a full evaluation.
I liked the ending.
Quitting would have given Staples momentary satisfaction. But it was too late to help Briggs. And Ramsey wouldn't have cared; he would found a replacement.
By staying, Staples would be in Ramsey's face continually, and might even eventually wear him down and change his policies.
The 1936 Olympics video is in the novel too. The explanation given is that it was the first TV broadcast with a strong enough signal to be received a long distance away from the Earth. But I agree it serves a dramatic purpose too.
In Stephen King's writings, religious characters are always evil, deranged or weird. He probably had negative experiences with organized religion when he was growing up.
Electric toothbrushes have been available since the 1960's. Airbags first became available in the 1970's, and were mandated (in the U.S.) in the 1990's.
Hilts 'The Cooler King' was Steve McQueen's role in The Great Escape (1963).
In the novel it's made clear that they only consumed alcohol, and were drunk when they left the bar. They were drinking martinis (which are strong drinks), and had a number of them.
She wanted to steal his copy of "The Fountainhead".
It's happened. A recent news article reported that the book was removed from a school reading list because it made some people "uncomfortable". That's ironic, considering the anti-racist theme of the story.
Is "g" the government?
Was Michael charged with the killing, or was a suspect? If not, he wasn't doing anything illegal by leaving the country.
Besides, the Corleone family's concern was revenge by the other families, and they figured he would be safer in Sicily.
<blockquote>One problem I had with the film was understanding why he would have hired Keating to begin with. He knew Keating, knew what he was like as a student, and it doesn't make sense that he'd have expected him to be much different as a teacher.</blockquote>
The film doesn't establish that Nolan or Keating previously knew each other. Nolan tells Keating that Nolan had been an English teacher there, long before Keating's time.
Nolan may have left the school to be a teacher or administrator at another school, before Keating was a student there, and returned as headmaster after Keating graduated.
Michael made them an offer they couldn't refuse.
None of the faculty seriously consider letting them do it. The only issue is how to stop it without seeming too authoritarian.
"Did some of the people catch on to, and understand the coach Dale's tactics?"
We know some of them did, such as Shooter, Opal, Jimmy and the man who had two sons (Whit and Rade) on the team.
"What did Shooter possibly do for work?"
Probably odd jobs, when he was sober.
"As small as the school was, would there have been that many fans in the stands?"
It was the only entertainment for the town.
"Who was the other assistant coach beside Shooter and the principal?"
The man who had two sons on the team.
"they thought he might move through the city with helmet on to hide his face."
And without the newspaper photos, no one would have thought it strange for someone to be walking around the city wearing a space helmet.
He used an interocitor.