Word: dangers
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...means of escape. You should never hit your preceptor with it, unless you wish him to write a very long, nonfiction essay about the experience, to be required reading later in the course. (It would begin "Thunk! The brick felt heavy against my skull.") As soon as you sense danger, hurl the brick in the sock through a nearby window and leap out that window to make your escape. It is always best to wear rubber-soled running shoes to your Expos conferences. It's actually best to wear running shoes everywhere...
...most extreme danger comes in the form of the sort of lethal nonentity who gunned down John Lennon. Other stalkers are less murderous but more numerous. In fandom, boundaries of individuality break down and enthusiasts come to think they own the celebrity in some way. They behave with a bizarre, intrusive, proprietary aggression, as if the icon had entered their own head (as indeed the icon has) and thereby relinquished all rights of privacy and courtesy and become a plaything of fans' fantasy. Madonna has said that one of the worst things about being famous is that you cannot...
...SALMAN RUSHDIE, who is still under the fatwa placed upon him on Valentine's Day 1989 by the late Ayatullah Khomeini (unromantic chap), wed his girlfriend of three years in a private ceremony in the Hamptons, New York City's summer playground. Most media outlets, in recognition of the danger in which her marital state places the new MRS. RUSHDIE, are simply calling her Elizabeth. It's The Satanic Verses author's third stab at marriage, which puts him a few lengths behind another recent secret groom, LARRY KING, who got married for the seventh time in a private ceremony...
Students who own lamps can guard against the danger of fire by requesting a complimentary protective covering from the manufacturer of the lamps sold at the Coop. The covers, which are mailed directly to customers, can be obtained by calling...
Local businesses and governments responded quickly. In Orlando, Disney World's Magic Kingdom pulled the drawbridge at least partway up, closing swimming pools and water parks an hour before sunset, when the skeeter dinner bell usually sounds. On Long Island, officials considered similar action, including closing parks until the danger subsides. Though the alert is, so far, more scare than scourge, nobody dismisses it. Says Dr. David Graham, an epidemiologist for New York's Suffolk County: "We want to take precautions...