Word: caste
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...take-all Sept. 15 primary. (Its victor has a virtual lock on the November general election.) By September, Gabrieli hopes, a summer's worth of provocative issue ads will have kicked in with voters. In a field of 10 candidates and as few as 100,000 people expected to cast ballots, 11,000 votes could conceivably be enough to win. For Gabrieli, who will end up spending around $3 million, that would mean that victory cost $273 per vote...
...lions? Unlike bears, lions do not attack simply because their young are threatened. Lions hunt, skulking around their prey unnoticed before pouncing. Females and males are equally predatory. Yosemite wildlife-control officer Kate McCurdy recalls a Yosemite lion who sat near tents in 1994, intently watching shadows cast by people partying inside. Cougars tend to pick solitary prey; thus the lone jogger and the occasional bird watcher are in greater danger. But when lions do decide to target a group, they go after the smaller elements in the pack--children...
...enough of an achievement that she gets to star in them. Bassett, who turns 40 next Sunday, was raised in Florida by her mother, a social worker, and a supporting cast of relatives. Her mother was from the old school. "If you wanted a life, you had to keep those studies up," Bassett says. "If you dropped to C's, no cheerleading, no community theater! I got the message." On the advice of a director in a summer-activities program, she was spurred to dream big and apply to the top schools. Presto, she was at Yale. "And who knew...
...Operation Desert Storm, I thought my generation had served through trying times. However, after seeing Saving Private Ryan, I am awed and ashamed. I did not realize what my father and his generation went through to ensure our nation's freedom. If Spielberg, Tom Hanks and the excellent cast do nothing more for the rest of their lives, their epitaphs should make note of Saving Private Ryan. MICHAEL LAUGHLIN Katy, Texas...
House Arrest's cast of 14 included Lynette Dupree from Broadway's Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk. Like many of the other Institute performances, House Arrest was a fusion of themes, styles and points of view...