It was an odd, unsettling sight: the esteemed, Academy-Award-winning actor, standing in his disembowelled apartment and shouting "Dirty bastards!" at a bank of exposed pipes.
In my view, a vital point has been lost in recent debates over the relative merits of individual science advisers, standing committees or academies: the very different nature of formal and informal advice.
Other honorees this year include Herbie Hancock, Martin Amis, Roz Chast, Natasha Trethewey and Ken Burns – who will be standing in for John Adams, the academy's founder, in a dramatic reading of letters with Ms. Field.
Nevertheless it was a hugely encouraging debut from the latest member of Southampton's much-vaunted academy and Sims was rightly awarded a standing ovation from the home spectators after being replaced by another youth product, Sam McQueen, on 84 minutes.
In 1841 he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point and graduated four years later, standing seventh out of 41 cadets.
"At a certain point, all that falls away," he said, standing in the lobby of the academy after the performance.
Ten years later he used that standing in Hollywood to urge the academy's board to award an honorary Oscar to his old friend and mentor Elia Kazan.
"West Point is very famous in China," said Bright Liu, 33, standing in the visitors center at the academy a day after he and his classmates had explored New York City.
The movie — and Gibson — have received standing ovations at screenings for guilds and academy members.
The second bombing took place near a police academy on Palestine Street, apparently aimed at a line of recruits standing outside the station.
He is with the Westchester County police, and he was standing in line at a blood drive at the police academy here.
