Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Starbucks Coffee Co. opened its fifth store in Cambridge since its omnipresent shops first arrived in October 1994. But unlike the previous four, which are scattered around Harvard Square, this new branch is breaking new ground in the heart of Central Square...
...pops followed by a pause. "Then it changed," he recalls. Seven shots came out in perfect rhythm before another pause intervened. Recognizing the sound of semiautomatic gunfire, Bond jumped from his desk. He could hear crying and moaning. Dashing into the lobby, he saw bodies and blood on the ground--and by the cream-colored walls, a .22 Ruger on the floor and two students face to face. Bond kicked the gun away...
...Mike," says Strong. He turned his eyes on his friend and forcefully said, "Put down the gun." But Carneal continued to fire from the 11-round clip. Strong again spoke the words, receiving only a momentary glance from Carneal. But while other students ran for cover, Strong stood his ground. "What are you doing? Don't shoot. Just put the gun down." When Carneal paused for the second time, Strong took advantage of the silence. "As soon as he paused, I went for him." He rushed up to his friend and pushed him against the wall. The gun fell...
...available in more states? Why is the car offered only for lease, with no purchase option? GM executives protest that if they'd set out to prove electric cars a failure, they would never have spent six years and half a billion dollars building a revolutionary car from the ground up. They could have settled for a "conversion," taking the frame of an existing model and stuffing it with electric components, much as Ford has done with its Ranger EV and Chrysler with its EPIC minivan...
Despite the overwhelming prepon-derance of figurative work, abstraction prevails in the show's most lyrical and contemplative composition, a suite of untitled drawings by Flora F. Zhang '00. Three greenish pieces of found ledger paper provide fertile ground for the variety of Zhang's alternately delicate and aggressive charcoal and ink marks. Tiny red dots spiral in clusters from the tabulations of an anonymous accountant, while green spots mark the time of some alien music or growth patterns. Anemic writing whispers between the rectangles of the grid, and fragile bubbles wobble across the page. Reminiscent of John Cage...