Word: betters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...school districts struggle with this volatile issue, they would do well to listen to what teenagers have to say about sex. Not because we necessarily feel they are capable of making adult decisions, or because we want to relinquish control over their education. But because for better or worse, they are the only ones who know what's really happening in high schools. We can speculate about their motivations and teach them about our expectations until we're blue in the face. But we're not out there in the schools every day, making tough decisions. The numbers...
...constructed from scratch since Cleopatra, including a seven-acre palace. Thousands of extras, amongst them children you'd love to take home. A gilded barge gliding through the waters of an enchanted jungle. Well-behaved elephants. All of this headed by the regal, charming, sexy Chow Yun-Fat. Sounds better than the Greatest Show on Earth. However, the shaky basis, unnecessary length and wobbly storyline of Anna and the King denies it a place amongst epic love stories like Ben-Hur and The English Patient...
...Well, we started off when we were 16, so obviously we play a bit better now than when we were 16. We were only starting to play our instruments, so obviously that's changed...
...sciences right at the beginning of their college careers. The panels and speakers, the small group setting, the interaction with upperclass women in the sciences--this sustained barrage gave incoming first-year women the confidence to opt for those tough science courses despite orientation week science advising, which might better be termed orientation week science intimidation. Furthermore, programs scheduled during the often stressful academic term will certainly receive less attention and prove less engaging than those that occur during the workless bliss of summertime. Discussions and events similar to those suggested by Dean Avery are already occurring under the auspices...
...strikes some people as cynical and potentially disastrous. (He who hesitates is lost - and loses out on that IPO.) That pervasive air of recklessness, combined with the infinite information available to investors, renders the Internet spectacularly ripe ground for speculation and securities fraud. And while the SEC is getting better at tracking down cyber-criminals (this case was wrapped up in less than a month), charlatans will probably have free rein over the Internet (and susceptible users) for many years to come...