Word: heatedly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dormmates wandered around in tank tops, sharing Chinese fans, Starr wrote to the administration and got the heat adjusted. He earned widespread gratitude for his efforts, says Jennifer N. Geary '91, who lived in the same entryway...
...creature really exist, or is he just a paranoid video-age vision? The question is gaining urgency as the medium barges ever more aggressively into children's lives. Except for school and the family, no institution plays a bigger role in shaping American children. And no institution takes more heat. TV has been blamed for just about everything from a decrease in attention span to an increase in street crime. Cartoons are attacked for their violence and sitcoms for their foul language. Critics ranging from religious conservatives to consumer groups like Action for Children's Television have kept...
...York Congressman Charles Rangel said such remarks were becoming a "national sport in Japan." For Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu, preparing for a U.S. trip, Kajiyama's words were ill timed. Kaifu already has to take heat for Japan's reluctance to participate in the gulf, where, U.S. politicians point out, blacks are among those protecting Tokyo's oil interests. Kajiyama quickly apologized. Or did he? He retracted his statement, saying it was inappropriate for him to comment on U.S. race problems, but he never said he was sorry...
SUIT ENVY. British Aerospace has equipped its gulf-based employees with state- of-the-art protective gear. A British expert contends that the lightweight suits, which have a porous charcoal lining that breathes in the searing desert heat, are "much better than anything our own soldiers or the Americans have...
...these loud noises signal mass execution of incumbents this fall? Or were they merely firecrackers set off by local heat waves? David Carney, head of the White House political office, took the expansive view: "People are sick of incumbents. They're absolutely fed up." Howard Schloss, speaking for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, insists that incumbency is still a huge asset. "The ballot box is sending one message, and the theorists another." In fact, the results seem to highlight an odd disjuncture in the American political system: Carney is right about the voters' damn-all- politicia ns resentments, but Schloss...