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...weather on that day was scorchingly hot and humid. The courtyard where the party was held was canopied by ancient oak and maple trees. There was a podium, decorated with the school crest and with flowers wilting from heat exhaustion...
...notes that "it must have a birthrate only slightly above Vatican City"s ." Entering the ocean near Santa Monica "was like stepping into the small tentacle tips of a monstrous octopus." To Theroux, "every third wave rolled in like an arched emerald wall, rearing up with a thin white crest -- the oceanic equivalent of a cobra spreading its hood, and nearly as un-nerving...
...afternoon. At least 17 people have been killed by floods that continued to swamp towns in the Southeast. Rising waters in Georgia claimed all the known fatalities; divers were still searching for five people this evening. Damages there already amount to more than $60 million, and watersare expected to crest Saturday at 20 feet above flood stage.parpar
...have a chilling effect," predicts Albert Shanker, president of the American Federation of Teachers. "Basically, teachers will throw in the towel and say, 'Why should I get into trouble?' " He compares the proposal to requiring police to make racially balanced arrests. Kathy Nemann, a seventh-grade history teacher at Crest Hills Middle School in north Cincinnati, agrees. "Teachers will simply stop referring students for discipline," she says. "They'll handle the problem in the classroom"-at the expense of all students. Donald Mooney Jr., attorney for the Cincinnati Federation of Teachers, says, "Whether you call it p.c. or whatever...
...cruelty-tested products targeted was Crest toothpaste. This stuff has to be strong enough to kill Cavity Creeps, for Pete's sake...