Word: horning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...somewhat distressed by the elitism of Dara Horn's '99 column ("Rules of the Game," Nov. 21). In a piece that she seems to consider light and endearing, Horn describes what makes the weekend of The Game "so much fun." First, we Harvard students, in a moment of oceanic feeling, can recognize that in the end we are really not all that different from...the student body of Yale University...
...hard to imagine what kind of justice was at work the night of March 3, 1993, in Silver Spring, Md., when contract murderer James Perry suffocated eight-year-old quadriplegic Trevor Horn and fatally shot his mother Mildred Horn and nurse Janice Saunders. Perry was hired by Lawrence Horn, Mildred's ex-husband, who was after a $2 million settlement his son had received for the accident that caused his injuries. Perry bought a copy of Hit Man before the killings, and prosecutors showed that he followed at least 20 of its specific instructions. He stole out-of-state license...
Perry and Horn were convicted of first-degree murder. But family members have also sued Hit Man's publisher, Paladin Press, claiming the company is liable for the murders because it provided the blueprint. Though the First Amendment traditionally protects even the most objectionable writing, a federal court of appeals in Richmond, Va., earlier this month allowed the suit to go forward. In a groundbreaking ruling, the court said the Constitution does not protect books that aid and abet in the commission of a crime...
...handle. "We'll Come to Be" sounds like it's a lost track from Rubber Soul and "Coda" is right off Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts' Club Band. Lead singer Schneider's voice is eerily like a combination of Lennon and McCartney. Songs like "Find Our Way" use muted horn and string parts a la Beatles classics such as "Got to Get You Into My Life." Let us not forget that Apple was the name of the Beatles' record company. Coincidence? You make the call. But the Beatles aren't the only Apples influences. "You Said That Last Night...
...foes--principally the Rev. Thomas Grey's National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling--believe that marketing to addicts may be the industry's Achilles' heel. "I think we'll find memos similar to what they found at the tobacco companies," says Horn. Grey concurs. "This is a turning point in the battle. The majority of their profits comes from people who have trouble stopping. Marketing is an absolutely key factor in that...