Word: finalities
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There was never a need to explain the details. People always seemed to nod in agreement, heads cocked, with a hint of pity in their eyes. Maybe they didn't understand the nuances--that not being into one night stands at final clubs or ready to be engaged to the first boy I locked eyes with during first-year orientation week relegated me to a loathsome majority of eligible co-eds always hoping that Valentine's Day fell on a Wednesday. Maybe they wrongfully assumed my idea of fun was a night in the Widener stacks...
...Improper Bostonian has published their Boston's Best list for the past eight years. At a dinner sponsored by the magazine, the judges--a group of Boston personalities from D.J.s to politicians--nominated their top picks for several hundred categories. The magazine's editorial staff made the final decisions...
...will hasten the Messianic era ? were egged on by a handful of American evangelical Christians, some of whom believe the rebuilding of the temple will hasten the Second Coming. But the Israeli authorities are well aware that any tampering with Islamic holy sites in the city could spark the final jihad against Israel ? hence the arrests. "The upside of Jerusalem is that every square foot of the city is holy, for more than one religious tradition," says TIME religion correspondent David Van Biema. "Unfortunately, that?s also its downside...
...feet a minute ? 10 times faster than the normal rate of descent. Investigators aren?t sure what that says about the cause of the crash, other than that the problem was severe, and the plane was out of control. To TIME aviation correspondent Jerry Hannifin, that final plummet is a sign that the pilot simply took on more than he was qualified for. "Anyone who has flown regularly on the East Coast in summer knows that the horizon can disappear completely in the haze," says Hannifin. One scenario: Kennedy began a normal turn, and then lost sight of the horizon...
...affair with Ehud Barak may put the Palestinian leader in an uncomfortable position. "We don?t accept this," Arafat said Tuesday after Barak and President Clinton agreed on a 15-month peace timetable that appeared to tie the stalled implementation of the Wye River agreement to the conclusion of "final status" talks with the Palestinians. Although Barak hastened to reassure the Palestinian leader that Wye would be speedily implemented, the issue highlighted Arafat?s political weakness. "Arafat can?t challenge Barak because he can?t afford a confrontation with Washington," says TIME West Bank correspondent Jamil Hamad...