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...fourth grade, a classmate had approached me by the water-fountain after my hair had begun to disappear and said, iI heard what happened; Iid hate to be you.i But, people are a lot nicer at 20 than they are at 10. Iive never seen so much politeness and subtlety before in my life. iUmmmmm...[long pause]. Wow! I like your haircut,i a friend greeted at Moral Reasoning 62. iOh, you changed your hair...it looks, um, nice,i another friend commented over savory baked tofu. In the halls of the Science Center, a befuddled sophomore mused, iGee, didnit...

Author: By Susanna M. Flug, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Endpaper: Lost and Found | 2/24/2000 | See Source »

...head with a bedside lamp, knocking him unconscious. The ex-Beatle escaped with a one-inch knife wound in the chest. He was treated for a punctured lung, but doctors pronounced him lucky: "There is no such thing as a safe stab wound to the chest," said surgeon William Fountain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bad Day's Night | 1/1/2000 | See Source »

...movie and an adolescent rite of passage: next week he will be bar mitzvahed for the second time. "In Judaism you can be re-bar mitzvahed at 83," he says. "I've asked guests to donate to charity in lieu of gifts, but I do expect a lot of fountain pens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 6, 1999 | 12/6/1999 | See Source »

...Fountain Hill Borough, Pa.: Sherwood Kerschner ran for and won two jobs: a four-year and a two-year stint on the same council. He has to choose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Elections: The Wonderful World of Democracy | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...expect them to be a skinhead hardcore band; distributed across the stage of the Somerville Theater were a bass drum with a flipped bird painted on the front, a party bottle of Jack Daniels and a riot gear-looking bullhorn. The fans that packed Davis Square's venerable fountain of obscurity know the truth about alt-rock's satirical brats, though: Ween is just kidding...

Author: By Taylor R. Terry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Concert Review: Ween -- That's Entertainment | 11/12/1999 | See Source »

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