Word: fashioned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Jets will pull themselves together and realize there may indeed be life after Vinny. Running back Curtis Martin will be a major factor in a Jets win, and the J's will be helped (in a fashion) by a lackluster BUFFALO squad. Final score: Jets...
...settled into an uneasy peace. But it has left a cruel legacy. At the height of the country's chaos this spring, rebel soldiers intensified an ugly ritual of amputations, seizing civilians and chopping off limbs. Human-rights groups estimate that thousands have been maimed in this fashion. Two of them told their stories to TIME's Malcolm Linton...
...standardized tests--sort of a rodent sat. In one, the mice were given a paw shock while in a box; after a few rounds, they showed signs of fear from just being in the box, having learned that a shock was likely to follow. They learned in similar fashion to be afraid when a bell sounded--a variation on Pavlov's dog experiments. In each case, the Doogies learned faster than normal mice. The same happened with a novel-object test: after becoming familiar with two plastic toys, the Doogies would show special interest when one was replaced; normal mice...
...LIGHTER NOTE: Yappy Hour, from the owners of celebrity-pet haunt Three Dog Bakery; The Doggie Fashion Show--part of the networking luncheon--featuring faux-fur coats and multicolored raincoats. Pucci would be jealous...
...Tricky thing, a high-rise. The wall between efficient elegance and monolithic monster is easy to traverse. Even more hairy is designing a high-rise--in the heart of Manhattan, no less--that is to be the U.S. headquarters for LVMH, the fashion, champagne and other image-heavy-goods conglomerate. Ugly just won't do. But Christian de Portzamparc, the Pritzker-prizewinning French architect, has created a tower with elan. His 23-story building has a kinky, faceted, overlapping-glass facade, like a whimsical piece of origami, which nevertheless abides by all the city's fiddly zoning laws. The mixture...