Word: hooks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stalling it with shocking stupidity. The movie tracks the lives of four kids in a quaint northeastern port the summer after they apparently run over the town recluse. Filled with a superficial story line, adolescent unknowns for actors and a serial killer armed with a lethal fisherman's hook, I Know What You Did Last Summer keeps the suspense to a minimum and the plot to a formula. The movie sounds perfect as an 80s horror flick, but pales in the wake of Scream's splendor...
...which is intended in part to deregulate long-distance service across America and to help subsidize telecommunications hook-ups for local libraries and schools--may create an unforeseen side effect: higher rates for Harvard students...
...expected dishabille, while their cupboards are filled with martini and highball glasses, their furniture is well selected, and their culinary skills are often on display. "They have all the accoutrements of domesticity," says Stringfield, who spent half an hour at a recent soiree talking about piecrusts, her one hook into what she sees as the prevailing culture. "We kind of joke about how middle-aged we've become...
...stormed the Yard last weekend amidst the thunderous crowds here for Chinese President's Jiang Zemin's arrival, the aftermath of Halloween, a relentless mid-term season and the unexpected visit of autumn showers. The resulting cacophony turned First-Year Parents Weekend--a traditionally chaotic time--off-the-hook...
...have the most impact are the ones that "focus on very small things, particularly areas that we don't contribute to," says an official with the U.S. Agency for International Development. For example, AID workers are delighted that Soros wants to put more Western publications in Russian libraries and hook up more schools and hospitals to the Internet, projects that Russian officials have begged Washington to fund. He plans to set up desperately needed training programs for business managers, lawyers and local government officials. And Soros has begun consulting with U.S. health officials on funding tuberculosis treatment in Russia...