Word: forthings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...almost unbearable sequence of despair, euphoria and finally the immensely disheartening realization that it would take far more than a single battle to free their city from the Serbs' embrace. The story of Sarajevo in that period shows a city at the breaking point, bent cruelly back and forth...
...Baen doesn't pretend that Gingrich wrote the novel his name is on, in the sense we understand writing, but he did attend three meetings. "Newt provided the plot and some of the characters, and his co-author wrote a first draft, and then they flopped disks back and forth," says Baen. That may be how the "pouting sex kitten," who twines her fingers in the chest hairs of the main character before moving along to another crucial body part, made it into the final version...
...Online and CompuServe, are watching these developments closely. They are gated communities, with local ordinances that prohibit red-light districts. But once their gates are open to the Internet, how do they protect their customers? CompuServe posts only a written notice, warning people to be careful when they venture forth. "The Internet is a completely different place," says spokeswoman Michelle Moran. "You're on your own. We're not responsible for lost or stolen items." At Prodigy the registered head of the household, using a credit card for verification, must activate an Internet connection for each family member. That...
According to CAA sources, the reported "preliminary agreement" between the agency and MCA never happened; there was only the back-and-forth of negotiations. But that doesn't really matter. In his flirtation with MCA, Ovitz was like the husband who has a notorious fling with a tootsie, then returns to his wife and children with a blithe, "Honey, I'm home!" The tootsie is MCA. The wife is Ovitz's list of clients, each of whom must now be reassured that, yes, Michael still loves her best. The children are CAA's Young Turks, who during the scare...
Allowing first-years to focus on choosing aconcentration instead of choosing a house was anargument put forth by many house masters in favorof randomization...