Word: flared
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...easy now to see the signs: how a video-game joystick turned Harris into a better marksman, like a golfer who watches Tiger Woods videos; how he decided to stop taking his Luvox, to let his anger flare, undiluted by medication. How Klebold's violent essays for English class were like skywriting his intent. If only the parents had looked in the middle drawer of Harris' desk, they would have found the four windup clocks that he later used as timing devices. Check the duffel bag in the closet; the pipe bombs are inside. In his CD collection, they would...
...this version of Sleepy Hollow expands significantly and more disturbingly on the original. Irving's tale becomes entwined in a complicated plot of greed and corruption, a horrifying subplot explaining the psychological warping of Ichabod, and several impressive fight scenes in which the decapitations have an especially martial flare. (Star Wars fans may notice similarities between the headless sword-wielding skills and the light saber moves of Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace. They're played by the same actor, Ray Park...
...nomination is dead now, politics having excluded a worthy candidate from the bench, but it still causes tempers to flare in Missouri. Because many minority nominees are still held up in committee, Ashcroft and the Senate have been accused of racism. A rally was held in St. Louis to protest White's rejection only a week ago, and Judge White is occasionally referred to by supporters as "Judge Not White Enough...
...Carol Stuart murder case may have been closed almost 10 years ago, but tempers still flare in Boston over the police investigation and media coverage that followed that crime...
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, 52, California PROS 6 ft. 2 in., 215 lbs.; former Mr. World, Mr. Olympia and Mr. Universe; reported to have pumped 100 tons in a day; drives a Harley-Davidson; can't do comedy; quips that putting milk in coffee is for "wusses." CONS Occasional flare-ups of arthritis; has had heart surgery; favors Hawaiian shirts; unofficial slogan "Hasta la vista, baby!" now used mostly for comic effect...