Word: fared
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite its failure on the big screen, Her Alibi, will undoubtedly fare much better in video heaven where, perhaps, it should have been released in the first place. Until then, the film will remain without an alibi...
...departments' difficulty. The sciences may arguably be more taxing than the humanities and social sciences--they are more sequential, and most entail weekly labs. But popular opinion widens the gap (if there is one) between the difficulty of the sciences and non-sciences. Students may think they could not fare well in the sciences when indeed they could...
TRENDIEST REGIONAL CUISINE Say so long to the chilies and blue cornmeal of the Southwest and to the Northwest's oysters, salmon and brambly herbs. The regional cuisine of the moment is dubbed "heartland," the bland and stodgy meat-gravy-and-potatoes fare of the Midwest. No doubt it will soon appear in stylized versions, complete with oysters, salmon, chilies and blue cornmeal, to become indiscernible from the food of other regions...
Recycling, of course, is perhaps the best-known way to reduce waste. Some countries do it better than others. Japan now recycles more than 50% of its trash, Western Europe around 30%. The U.S. does not fare nearly so well: only 10% of American garbage -- or 16 million tons a year -- is recycled, and only ten states have mandatory recycling laws...
...another game show called Finders Keepers (now off the air) have been denounced for encouraging exhibitionism and greed -- the sort of schoolmarmish complaint that deserves a dousing with green slime. Peggy Charren, president of Action for Children's Television, praises the channel as a healthy alternative to network fare but is worried that some of its newer shows "may have gone a little overboard taking a Mad magazine approach...