Word: ageing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...enormous, baggy subject--from the confidence of the gilded age to the imperial anxieties of the cold war; from a portrait by Thomas Eakins to a green humanoid by William Baziotes; from Stanford White's classicism to the democratic boxes of post- World War II Levittown; from Alfred Stieglitz's immigrants on shipboard to Robert Frank's visions of the underface of big-city America...
...stiffed. A group of Texans recently sued sellers of funeral (or burial) insurance, alleging deceptive marketing; regulators in Florida are trying to ban sales entirely. Advance planning is fine, but keep in mind that some policies deliver full benefits only if you live to a ripe old age. Others don't cap premiums, so if you do make it to 95, you could spend $30,000 for a $5,000 funeral. Make sure any policy is portable, and try to pay for it in one lump...
Most of us can recall being so immersed in a fantasy world that it changed the way we behaved. At age 11, I developed a case of phantom scarlet fever after reading about Beth's brave death in Little Women. As for TV, I can't watch the local news in New York City without becoming convinced that I'm going to be hit by falling construction debris. Crazy? Maybe. But you won't see me walking under scaffolding in Manhattan...
...steady diet of violent video games made Josh behave badly? No. But he's much sweeter than the average boy. That's why I married him. All the same, I'm glad that Quake and Carmageddon weren't around when he was the age of my daughters' little friends...
JENNY PARILLA, Lake Forest, Calif. AGE: 18 RANK: No. 1 in U.S., No. 15 in world HEIGHT OF JUMP: about 20 ft. AIR TIME: about 2 sec. BEST TRICK: 2 1/2 twisting double flip...