Word: clocked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Post Office has a clock counting down the time to the year 2000. Does anyone know what will happen when it reaches zero? NBC is promoting Y2K The Movie as part of its November sweeps week. And the only bug more famous than Jiminy Cricket is on the minds of every computer scientist, air traffic controller and politician...
...because I know what is going to happen. When the calendar changes, it'll read 1980, not 2000. The clock strikes 12, the years run down, hickory dickory dock...
...turning back the clock to 1980 is something we don't have to be frightened of. We've been there before and we know what it's about. And this will give us the chance to make the decade even better...
...crushing, merciless. Webster scores again and again, Finally, finally, Beth's swain puts his arm around her. But time has been ticking down. Just as he does it, defensive back Carl Whittaker intercepts and runs from his own 10 all the way down the field and scores as the clock runs out. Beth leaps up and screams, and the boy's arm slides off--for now. Webster wins 61-14. The crowd whoops, the cheerleaders kick, parents, including Bobby's, run out onto the field to grab their smelly kids and hug them...
Sweeping the kitchen floor after his haircut, Bobby pays no attention to the clock. It's almost time for a meeting for players and parents at school on the complicated rules for NCAA eligibility. Bobby has got half a dozen introductory letters from college coaches, but it's too early for offers. Will he attend tonight's meeting? "Nah," he says...