Word: ganges
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...Today. In his new book, The Case Against Adolescence: Rediscovering the Adult in Every Teen (see my review from the magazine this week), Epstein argues that "many American teens are indeed in rough shape." He offers a long list of examples of what he calls "teen turmoil," everything from gang membership to drug use-all encouraged, he believes, by a pernicious teen culture that glorifies violence and substance abuse. "Attractive, trendy young people are frequently high or drunk in movies like Animal House, Requiem for a Dream, Thirteen, Weird Science, Dazed and Confused, and Clueless," he writes. Animal House...
...alone a Northern European or an American, who wonders if this southern pocket of Europe somehow got left behind. Adding to the unease are picturesque streets in the historic center littered with trash as well as warnings from locals not to go out at night when purse snatchers and gang members reign. Celiento does not believe that either the city's habitual skirting of the law or the Camorra culture of death is rooted in the economic hardship. "A culture of civility comes before any economic question," says Celiento. "It must start in families. The first time I find...
...year-old kid gets too amped up and really whacks a points guard, causing the ref to whistle an intentional foul, which gives the opponent both two foul shots and the ball back? (Though after the no call last weekend on Ohio State's Greg Oden, who practically gang-tackled an Xavier player, it's hard to imagine anyone getting whistled for an intentional foul). Or what if his player fouls too late, while a guard has already started his shooting motion, giving him three foul shots and an easier chance to tie the game? What if the opponent actually...
...Republican Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger. One of the things some G.O.P. leaders like about Giuliani is that he might appeal to Schwarzenegger moderates, forcing the Democrats to play defense in California and other big-vote states like New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. But reporters didn't ask him about gang violence or the Golden State's 55 electoral votes. The questions were all about Giuliani's strained relationship with his son Andrew...
...Magor, the 62-year-old untamed free spirit, is the star of the night. After his speech, a gang of four guys roar with laughter. "Magor was great!" crows a former interior minister in their midst...