Word: jacked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That's not just hot air. "You'll not only be able to send up instruments cheaper than by rocket (for less than $2 million, vs. $40 million for the least expensive Delta launcher)," says astronomer Jack Tueller, program scientist for NASA's balloon project, "you'll also be able to assemble and launch your package quicker and carry more weight--up to 3,000 lbs.--and the instrument isn't subjected to vibrations or high Gs." Moreover, the scientific gear (though not the balloon) will be recoverable, drifting back to earth by parachute at the end of a mission...
Parents should be aware of when a son or daughter may need some healthy down time, but even the experts do not always agree on when children are overburdened. Jack Fletcher, professor of pediatrics at UT-Houston Health Science Center, has two daughters, ages 7 and 10, and he notes that "some children thrive on having a lot to do." He and his wife Patricia McEnery, a former social worker, aren't strict about how the girls spend every minute of the day. "The trick," says McEnery, "is to assess what your kids really need and try to find...
...must know. I'm currently single, though I'm getting married in December, so my household income should increase considerably. I earn...well, even ABC doesn't need to know what I earn, but if you're looking for a consumer with a little disposable jack to throw around, I'm your...
Traditionally, stadium names range from the banal (Memorial Stadium) to the picturesque (Candlestick Park) to the fall-down-weeping-in-the-face-of-true-nomenclatural-greatness (the Polo Grounds). What stadium names haven't been is brand names. But that's changed. San Diego's Jack Murphy Stadium has become Qualcomm Stadium, which is either a communications company or a powerful nighttime cold medicine, depending on whom you ask. The Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis is now the RCA Dome, which no doubt annoyed the city's pilfered Baltimore Colts, who had already changed their letterhead once and would probably prefer...
...good thing Smithouser hasn't seen Jack Frost yet. In this film, to be released next month, neglectful father Michael Keaton dies and comes back as a snowman so he can spend some quality time with his son. Surely this too flies in the face of biblical truth--not to mention the song Frosty the Snowman. I just hope Jack will have something more interesting to say than my old man. But I doubt...