Word: gum
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Their impression of the school began to change, however, just before the family was about to depart for a trip outside the campus with their son. Strolling through the family clusters, Norum, the event's facilitator, stopped abruptly next to John. "Is that gum? There is no gum here," she scolded. Baffled by her response but determined to have a good time, the Carbens went off for the visit, shopping at a Wal-Mart for clothes that John would need for Montana's rough winter, dining at a Subway and driving through a bison preserve, content to be together even...
Back in Bridgeview, the Carbens are cautiously optimistic about their son's future. Despite his outrage over the pettiness of the gum incident, Randy acknowledges the program's benefits. "They've improved his attitude and sense of responsibility," he says. John says he plans to re-enroll at his old high school in January. "I learned a lot about how not to talk back to people and how to resolve conflicts," he says. Even his grandmother is impressed: "He seems like he grew up a lot." But taking nothing for granted, the Carbens are instituting their own tough-love rules...
...iPod or one of its many imitators, there is a much cheaper?and in some ways equally cool?choice: a flash-based MP3 player. These handy devices, which store songs on a small silicon chip, cost about $100 and are often as small and light as a pack of gum...
...featuring Dick Cheney and his famous “Go Fx#% Yourself,” coasters with our articulate President’s most eloquent remarks, an inflatable punching bag with an image of the president and the words “Battling Bush,” and chewing gum emblazoned with the president’s visage, entitled “Dum-Gum; 8 Idiot Proof Pieces...
REALLY? YOUR LUNG COLLAPSED, YOU WERE THROWN FROM A HORSE ... This interview. I don't have any timetable, but I don't think I'll be capable of pulling a Mike Wallace. Gum is already falling out of my mouth. But I'm not wetting myself or anything like that. I mean, it's fun, and I like doing it. As long as people fear...