Word: exceptional
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...world as we knew it has changed forever. There are four girls on the Lincoln High varsity, all of them 16-year-old juniors except for Cruz. And it's not as if they're just bench warmers. Although none of them start, they all play on special teams and as backups, and coach Leo Castro doesn't hesitate to send them out there. "They're not afraid to take the hits," says Castro, which is a good thing, because Lincoln is 0-8 going into the game against 8-0 Franklin. "I'll put them in before...
...Artist] is a cool guy to chat with: funny, insightful and, except for the fact that he's a musical genius, a regular guy. Truth is, he puts on his bell-bottom, glittery blue stretch pants one leg at a time, just like the rest of us. But his perspective on the world is like his music--constantly surprising. For example, a few minutes into the conversation, an insanely beautiful woman enters the suite and cuddles up in [The Artist]'s lap. It's Mayte, [The Artist]'s wife. Only she's kind of also not really his wife, because...
...ruling on Friday. Things aren't as bleak as they seem, and the stock--depressed in recent weeks--could start to run very soon now that the bad news is out. In perverse Wall Street logic, "the cloud has been lifted," notes analyst Brian Goodstadt at Standard & Poor's. Except for Valley brats who compete with Microsoft (themselves fabulously rich), nobody really wants the stock to fail...
...Webster High represents the American high school, and I sincerely hope it does not, we are in deep trouble. This school is about everything except education. The pictures of students either sleeping or comatose in class speak volumes. If this is typical, there is no hope. It sounds as if the teachers are caretakers rather than educators. By declaring that Webster is typical, TIME does a disservice to schools across the country that are educating students. GEORGE CONKLIN Riverhead, N.Y. In the post-Littleton era, teachers and administrators no longer look the other way. Students begin to realize that cruelty...
...Except for the security guard roaming the hallways and the extended vigil kept by the staff, the environment described in your article is very reminiscent of what I remember from the early '80s. Kids are kids wherever you go. They just need a little more protection these days--sometimes from themselves. I am glad to see that Webster Groves High is trying to be proactive without creating a police state within the school. STACY DURAN GOLDEN Valley Village, Calif...