Word: clues
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...slightly careless behavior of a boy—who was initially relegated to the status a perennial friend—can be heartwrenching after he grows on you. It’s a classic tale in which boy meets girl, boy likes girl, girl has no clue, girl belatedly gets clue, and by then it’s too late; the timing is shot, the opportunity for romance missed, and an already cynical heart becomes a little more jaded. I’ve been there...
...clue may exist. Spectrographic studies of Sirius A, the German researchers note, show that it has a metallic content higher than normal for stars of its type. The excess metal, they say, could have been showered on Sirius A when its red giant companion collapsed and exploded. The fact that no other evidence of an explosion exists, and that most astronomers say it should, does not disturb Schlosser. "Because of Sirius," he says, "we may have to change our theories about the life and metamorphosis of stars." --By Leon Jaroff. Reported by Andrea Dorfman/New York and William McWhirter/Bonn
...costume contest: dozens of odd fellows dressed as their favorite Rocky characters. Everyone had a ball. Richard O'Brien, dressed for the occasion in a cunning black tube top with feather-duster hem, black mesh stockings and a rhinestone choker, set the tone for the evening, and offered a clue to his film's enduring, endearing popularity, when he proclaimed, "It's very hard sometimes to separate fantasy from reality. Let's keep it that way!" Sage advice, in side or outside a late-night double-feature picture show. --By Richard Corliss
...that remained of EgyptAir Flight 648, once bound from Athens to Cairo with 98 passengers and crewmen aboard. As investigators milled about on the tarmac of the airport at Valletta, Malta's capital, police and rescuers sifted through the fuselage for victims, their possessions and any clue that might help explain what had happened aboard the ill-fated craft. Occasionally a stretcher shrouded in plastic would emerge, a macabre reminder that the jetliner had become a tomb for 57 travelers...
...about 4 a.m. that the electronic symbol of American power and Government was the White House. Not so long ago, it was the Capitol. Indeed, the Soviets, usually a few years behind the times, still use the Capitol as the American symbol on their TV, which may be a clue as to why they have trouble with Ronald Reagan...