Word: hops
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Students have expressed gratitude that they can now catch the shuttle bus after late-night parties or hop on the shuttle for a quick ride home to retrieve a forgotten paper or textbook for section...
...John Cougar Mellencamp kind of way, either ready for the remainder bin or ready to get serious. The old Marky was never much of a rapper--do a Nexis search and you will not find the adjective Tupac Shakurish used to describe his bland hip-hop work--but in Hollywood these days, he is giving off heat. Wahlberg's performance in The Basketball Diaries (1995) as a drug-addled Catholic school dropout, opposite the De Niro of his generation, Leonardo DiCaprio, was surprisingly well received. Just last week he had dinner with the actual Robert De Niro to talk about...
...success: the perpetually hummable tunes of the 19th century waltz king after whom Rieu's orchestra is named. "When I want a melody/ Lilting through the house,/ Then I want a melody/ By Strauss," Ira Gershwin wrote in 1936, and six intervening decades of swing, rock and hip-hop have done nothing to diminish the truth of his words. Handsome fiddlers come and go, but Strauss, it seems, is here to stay...
...little dears! But, you ask, what about the rest of us? The habits are open to all, Covey insists, but if you want to hop aboard, be warned that you will end up talking like this, from an anonymous testimonial that Covey reprints: "With habits 4, 5 and 6, my husband and I are seeking each other's exploration." Or this, from a dad whose daughter had a temper tantrum: "I consciously helped provide her with experiences where synergy really worked. And this enabled her to develop the courage and belief that if she pushed her own pause button...
...important news from the Times' front page. A Times morning-after analysis of a presidential debate can set the agenda for days of campaign coverage and punditry. Its decision to feature, say, a murder in Texas on Page One can prompt hordes of reporters to hop a plane south. Its critics can make or break a Broadway play or turn an obscure foreign film into tomorrow's hot ticket. The Times has the largest editorial staff, spends more money on newsgathering and has won more Pulitzer Prizes (74) than any other paper in the country. It may get out-hustled...