Word: doored
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sylviana Silva, who was serving lunch on Saturday when the pipes burst, said the leak started at five minutes to two on Saturday and that "by two o'clock we had to close the [serving area] door" because of the water...
...family and religion but not to legal and state matters. Take beards, for example: in Afghanistan, members of the ruling Taliban militia will grasp a passerby's facial hair in their fist. If the beard is shorter than the Taliban's fist, the offender is publicly whipped. But next door in Iran, Shi'ite Muslims believe that according to the Koran, a beard can be a stubbly 1 cm long. Nawaz Sharif, whose chin is cherub-smooth, was asked if he too would grow a beard. No, he replied, nor will women in Pakistan be forced to veil themselves...
...event still bothers some civil libertarians. Barry Lynn, head of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, says that "technically it is legal. But it is a fiction that this is a spontaneous outpouring of activity. It is part of a well-orchestrated campaign, a back-door effort by adults to create evangelism on public school campuses...
...Jobs was said to be "furious" when he found out that DreamWorks was working on a movie about ants. It is an open secret that in background sessions with reporters at numerous publications, he has been complaining that Katzenberg swiped the idea for Antz on his way out the door from Disney in 1994 or sometime thereafter. Katzenberg's camp angrily denies that he ever heard of the Bugs project while at Disney and says that in fact the idea for Antz was pitched to Katzenberg by a DreamWorks executive named Nina Jacobson, who subsequently, as it happens, went...
Going back to school used to be a simple matter. Buy some shoes, grab a few pencils and head on out the door. But your academic survival kit isn't complete nowadays if you're missing the vaccination against hepatitis B, a virus that can destroy the liver. Not only do more and more schools across the U.S. recommend the shots, but 22 states now require it for enrollment in kindergarten or first grade. Not to be outdone, the American College Health Association is launching a campaign this fall that features extreme-sports athletes like Olympic snowboarder Barrett Christy urging...