Word: hopscotching
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...been welcomed with open arms in Baltimore. Local columnists have publicly expressed their guilt, and some writers and talk-show hosts are already calling for the head of his coach, Bill Belichick. But it's only poetic justice. An N.F.L. owner once said, "We can't hopscotch franchises around the country. We have built this business on the trust of fans. If we treat that as if it doesn't count, it isn't going to wash." The owner who said that was Art Modell...
...unwitting carrier of a germ that causes flulike symptoms and sudden, grisly death in almost everyone who comes in contact with it. A simple cough and sniffle are the homely signs of doom. In a series of short, effective scenes that hopscotch around the country -- a small town in East Texas, a disease-control lab in Vermont, the streets of New York City -- the plague spreads, causing death, panic, chaos. Practically all that remains of civilization is talk-radio etiquette. A radio host (Kathy Bates), enraged about the "superflu" cover-up, takes calls from panicked listeners who tell of dying...
...extended family of adults and are sometimes given bit parts in the show. Living on the road, exposed to big crowds and strange cities, they must grow up faster than most of us. On a patch of asphalt in front of the Winnebago, Romanos has sketched out hopscotch squares. "This," she says, "is their playground...
Children learn how to hopscotch in Ethiopian, Italian and Chinese fashion, how to imitate animal sounds and how to say "I love you" in Spanish, Cambodian, Haitian Creole and Cantonese. All of this comes from the Kids Bridge "instructors," interactive television screens which connect the viewer with hyperactive videotaped peers...