Word: cool
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Ever wonder why most ID numbers start with similar digits (504, 304, 604, etc.)? Ever think there might be a conspiracy to rank students according to social status (104=in FM nearly every week, 304=cool, 604=not antisocial, 904=Science Fiction Association)? Wamback assures us that "There are no personal, social or academic attributes hidden in the number. This is simply a numbering convention based on a custom generation algorithm. Numbers are assigned at random based on the next available number whether the individual is a student or an employee. The first numbers issued back in 1974 began with...
...hung out with Jeremy Roenick and Tony Amonte--they were my two buds. Mike Richter was also nice, but Mike Modano and Keith Tchachuck were not so cool," Ruggiero said...
These days, I too have been spending quite a bit a lot of time staring at green columns of digital characters that stream down my computer screen. The ASCII characters on my screen don't look nearly as cool as the ones created by Warner Brothers. Nor do these characters represent anything close to an elaborate human prison designed by intelligent robots gone sour. But Keanu's Matrix is my Unix, and like my stolid friend, I can see what people are up to. Sort...
...large speaker blaring rap music in the backseat. They're going to a drive-in for chili dogs and draft root beer. As the car pulls away from the school, Bobby reaches under his seat and lights a Marlboro. You gotta do more than play football to be cool nowadays. Unfortunately, he knows...
Most students, teachers and Webster High parents support Young Life. "It's incredibly cool," enthuses Beth Perez, a Campaigners member. "It just shows kids, at a very early age, why they are here and what God has planned for them and how great their lives can be." Her mother Susan Perez, a lapsed Catholic, speaks for many parents who, if they fail to match their children's fervor, are extremely grateful for the program's fruits. "If your teenager is going to be tied to some sort of group; if she comes out of it saying I don't drink...