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...have supernatural powers. This year's girl does not wield a sword or a stake, does not have a pinup's bod, does not even sport a radiant mane of natural curls. What Lindsay Weir has is a prodigious brain that she's slightly uncomfortable with, an olive-drab jacket weighing on her shoulders like chain mail and--something rare enough among prime-time adults, let alone teens--a genuine crisis of faith. Having witnessed, alone, the death of her grandmother--who told Lindsay, as she slipped away, that she saw "nothing" beyond--Lindsay is questioning the justness...
...punk scene. Those shocking colors, large earrings and screaming music (not to mention that hair) were, admittedly, grating on the eyes. There were only so many days in a row you could wear your favorite lime green Converse sneakers. But compared to the uniform of the '90s--that drab khaki, white and black outfit--it leaves some of us wishing we could go back to the good old days of immoderation...
There's nothing like some warm Sprite and month-old Pepperidge Farm Mint Milano cookies to spice up an otherwise drab Friday afternoon. Concentration parties offer a unique forum for interaction with top-quality Faculty, that is if you concentrate on what you're saying while you focus in on that irritating piece of cookie stuck on the left side of your sophomore tutor's mustache...
...then, people do tend to act funny when the sun comes out again after a drab winter...
...while the work stoppage may have alienated a few fans, the dedicated ones have been rewarded by the intensely shortened season, increasing the importance of even the most drab regular-season game like a Dallas-Denver match...