Word: arsons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...arson fire in the early 90s that destroyed much of the Los Angeles public library's collection altered that conventional wisdom. Library officials at Harvard and nationwide began to re-examine their notions about the security of their collections...
...Boston Globe, my hometown newspaper the Monitor, and every supermarket tabloid in existence. The Crimson would practically circulate around me for at least a semester. Headlines would range from, "Psycho Senior Holds Kiosk Roast" to "Rodriguez protests, 'I'm Still Not Sorry!" to "Hewitt Visits Harvard in Anti-Arson Platform." Editorial letters that either give shame to my very existence or staunchly fight for my rights to burn would run nonstop. Gradually, a cult following would be built around me. The members would sing songs of peace outside the Ad Board office as the people inside groaned and wished they...
...that finals are over and I've nearly regained my sanity, I can look back on that moment of near-arson and shudder to think about what I almost did. Setting any piece of Harvard property on fire would probably cost more in legal fees than the entire Kennedy clan could afford, and that's nothing compared to what would happen if a nearby building also became inflamed. Besides the money issue, however, I'll play Girl Scout leader for a moment--setting things that aren't yours on fire is wrong, and shouldn't be done...
...BUTCHER BOY In a provincial 1960s Irish town, an emotionally starved child feeds his imagination on crud culture and warped religiosity, then innocently creates a miniholocaust. Arson, murder, madness--Neil Jordan transforms it all into a bruising metaphor for the larger violence of our times...
...build houses destroy them, and then they go on to build another, often a replica of the first. Like many people, I have always looked upon Clinton as a man capable of creating the grandest house on the block, and equally capable of setting it ablaze. He has arson in his blood. After the Gennifer Flowers story broke six years ago, a friend of mine offered good odds that Clinton would not make it through his term or terms without being badly burned by a sex scandal. There were no takers...