Word: cottoned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...launching a new career is knowing when to fold the old one. "Examine if you can really afford to do this, take an honest look at your skills and abilities and hook up with a good financial planner before you run out and do something too quickly," says Sam Cotton, 52, of Arroyo Grande, Calif., who retired in 1996 from his job at Pacific Bell. Cotton wanted to retire two years earlier than he finally did. "I looked at my financial options and realized that it would not be in my best interests," he says. In his two remaining years...
...this column is devoted to the wonderful World Wide Web. Where did it come from? Where did it go? Where did it come from, cotton-eyed...
Nothing cures a hangover like cotton candy, peanuts, and the smell of elephant shit. Relive your childhood days and head over to the FleetCenter for the "Greatest Show on Earth"--the Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Circus. Guaranteed hotties in spandex! With midterms coming, running away to the circus doesn't sound half bad. Friday 7:30 p.m.; Saturday 11:30 a.m.; 3:30 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday at 1 and 4:30 p.m. FleetCenter, Causeway St. (North Station T-Stop...
...meats festering in their own juices is more than enough to send those with weak stomachs to the food stand sponsored by the local congregational church, where lighter fare such as peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and corn on the cob can be had. On a brighter note, the cotton candy and fried dough rival the food at Six Flags amusements parks' in their quality...
...party. For the Bom Jesus dos Navegantes celebration, which honors sailors, thousands of boats with banners aflutter will fill the harbor. Along the ancient cobblestone avenues and more modern thoroughfares, trios eletricos, samba-reggae bands on trucks with eardrum-shattering loudspeakers, will play. Barefoot, bare-chested youths in white cotton trousers will perform the traditional capoeira, a carefully choreographed martial art dating back to slavery that combines somersaults and kickboxing and prohibits contact with one's opponent. To showcase this feast of the senses, several major luxury chains--including the Meridien, Othon and Tropical groups--are offering packages for their...