Word: grossness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...covered. Moreover, new laws provide volunteers with the most comprehensive safety net yet. Last year, in the spirit of Colin Powell's summit on volunteerism, Congress passed the Volunteer Protection Act providing immunity for Good Samaritans so long as their conduct is not criminal or does not constitute "gross negligence." So, if someone trips and burns on your grill at the church barbecue, the law protects you. Just don't stick his hand in the fire...
Predictably, there are murky areas. Setting up the grill near an obstacle course, for example, could be seen as gross negligence. And don't forget, even if you are blameless, you can be sued and incur legal expenses. So before giving your time to a community board--and especially if you are affluent and perceived to have deep pockets--be sure you are insured. Your biggest risk is that an organization run by volunteers busy with their own lives will simply neglect to renew coverage...
...Godzilla! Now Hollywood has created a real monster--a souped-up, emotionless, dinosaur-like killing machine sans the charisma of the original Godzilla. Shame on you, Hollywood! What's next? A sequel to E.T. with the lovable little alien transformed into a terrifying Alien 3 or a Predator? DONALYN GROSS Springfield, Mass...
...clear. Pop culture, once the domain of allusion--the cunning metaphor, the fade-out after that first kiss--now needed to spell and shout it out, as culture exploited every renegade adolescent impulse. The escape into elegance was replaced by the fun house of sensuality. In the new gross-out culture, bad taste was the official taste. Sit-com kids, once kittens and princesses, went rampantly rude. The inner child was triumphant--hear him roar...
...remains the largest pre-businessorganization on campus. Founded in 1957 as anumbrella organization for disparate studentbusinesses (some of which were run out ofstudents' dorm rooms), HSA has grown into anindependent corporation with a gross revenue ofmore than $4 million annually...