Word: lane
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...Karan sell, but the kind bowling alleys rent out by the hour and lose to petty thieves. The last time rental bowling shoes were hot was in the early '90s, the grunge era and the depths of the downsizing of America's corporations. Now, as the U.S. economy slides, lane operators from Phoenix to Milwaukee have been reporting thefts of up to 20 pairs a month. "You wonder: Where are their morals?" marvels one. They are popular in Japan, too, and we all know how that economy is doing. Fashion has contributed to the trend?Brad Pitt threw a bowling...
CRUISING THE SLOW LANE...
Only a decade ago, Stonewall overlooked a two-lane road in a rural county of cattle farms and Civil War battlefields. Today, Manassas is a bustling exurb of Washington, and Stonewall abuts a shopping mall with high-tech neighbors such as Lockheed Martin. Commuters face a 90-min. drive to Washington, making attendance at concerts and teachers' conferences problematic. And high schoolers at Stonewall, like those everywhere, are prone to reply to "What happened at school today?" with a sullen "Not much...
...Lane says he thinks Summers has his priorities for science in the right place...
...enough about Larry Summers as an intellectual and public servant," Lane says. "He also knows how important it is to support science in the government and in our universities...