Word: alongs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have competed so much against each other that we get along pretty well," Gyorffy said. "It's really fun to compete against her, and I don't get a chance to compete with people who are that good...
Students spend most of their time on campus, where the bicycle is the dominant form of transportation. In sprawling, suburban California, getting off-campus practically requires a car since public transportation is somewhat limited. Although it is possible to get along without a car, those without one (that's you, first-years) will be left stranded on a campus that many jokingly refer to as "the Bubble...
...news of the two teenage assailants who killed a dozen of their classmates before committing suicide--along with the propane they left in the school cafeteria, intending to blow the entire building up--has got the entire nation buzzing with fear, sympathy, and (of course) blame galore. A number of people, conservative and liberal alike, are claiming that this represents America's decline in values. Many more point the finger directly at the two boys' parents. Still more blame the public school system for alienating the boys...
...their insurers to make sure the bills got paid. Lately, public opinion--plus a few multimillion-dollar lawsuits--had begun to change that. Ten states require insurers to cover transplants; most health plans elsewhere in the U.S.--seeing which way the legislative wind was blowing--have decided to go along too. Patients know, however, that a company that makes up its mind to offer coverage can later change it, and that laws requiring reimbursement can always be rewritten...
Today's children--born into disposable diapers, weaned on throwaway juice boxes and spoon-fed from single-serving snack cups--are avid consumers of the culture of convenience. But theirs is also the first generation to learn the three Rs of environmentalism (reduce, recycle, reuse), right along with the more traditional Rs of grade school...