Word: eared
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bennett's first exposure to music was from his mother, who taught him how to play piano by ear. At the age of five, he did a rearrangement of "It's a Small World" with his tape recorder, inserting other Disney music into the catchy tune and rewriting the words. His arrangement won him a prize in a Disney-sponsored contest, and, more importantly, showed him that music was to be a huge part of his life...
...Sheerr said the group's strength will lie in its close proximity to the dean's ear...
...With some warm water and soaking time, you can hydrate Melissa's Dried Wood Ear Mushrooms to edibility in your own dorm room. These mushrooms are so non-perishable, the package makes the claim that they in fact have no expiration date. The eternal fungi also come in Wild Lobster, Oyster and Shiitake...
...There's no beating the system at Abercrombie. Day after day, a manager puts the same CD on repeat and cranks it to a set ear-blasting store volume. Nationwide, Abercrombie plays pumping bass to whet customers' appetites for flared khakis. "After a while you don't notice [the volume]," says MIT senior Hans Yang, an employee at the Harvard Square branch. "But the music is supposed to make us seem like we are all having fun," he adds, swiveling his head back and forth to look for shoplifters. Yang does not seem to be having much fun, however...
...that's bound to make mothers feel bad. (Let's face it: the prospect of choosing the wrong breakfast cereal is enough to make most of us feel bad.) We moms get caught in the tension between academic studies (and our own fears) telling us that day care breeds ear infections and bad habits, and equally compelling research showing that if we rear our kids at home, we retard their social development. We worry when our toddler clings to us in the morning--and when she doesn't. Add the risk of little Tiffany calling the babysitter Mommy...