Word: exception
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...scene, told the Denver Rocky Mountain News. "It was unbelievable craziness." Part of the problem may be that the SWAT team was facing the emerging new paradigm of American crime: the school massacre. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold weren't bank robbers or hostage-takers; they wanted nothing except to kill, often and quickly, and they had the preparatory advantages of being insiders. Any of the hundreds of backpacks littering the hallways could have been booby-trapped with explosives; the choir room or the janitor's closet could have been wired to blow. With explosions filling the air with smoke...
Anybody's, of course, except whoever happens to be running against Harvard in the 4x400 women's sprint relay this weekend. After blowing the Harvard record out of the water at Penn Relays, the relay team of co-captain Heather Hanson, sophomore Brenda Taylor, senior Lee Shearer, and sophomore Marna Schutte will make a go at the Heps record...
With final exams drawing near and the semester coming to a close, the idea of "free time" seems all but a myth (except maybe for those lucky seniors). Visions of late nights in front of the computer, caffeine in hand, trying to catch up on an entire semester's worth of work start clouding your head. All your friends will be home by the time your first exam starts, already snickering at the fact that you can't yet enjoy the sunshine. No, reading period doesn't look like much fun. But, have no fear, dear readers, Hollywood is near...
...stories of the battle between the evil Claw and the clueless Inspector for the safety of the world all wrapped up into cheery half-hour segments. Matthew Broderick stars as the detective hunk and Rupert Everett takes up the role of Claw, who in the cartoon was never seen except for a cryptic hand massaging a big fat ugly cat. The plot is similar to the cartoon--in this one Gadget is blown up during a chase with Claw but is miraculously put back together by the seductive surgeon Brenda (Joely Fisher). Brenda also seems to have some vendetta against...
...Premise Gonzo wants to find his family, but before he does so, he announces to the world that he is living proof that extraterrestrial life exists. This gets the attention of government operatives, who proceed to hunt him down (it's kind of like The X-Files, except in this case one of the operatives is wrestler Hollywood Hogan). Not only must Gonzo flee the men in black, he also must decide whether to board the mother ship and join his family or stay on earth with his Muppet friends...