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...creeps over the theater, I remember to exhale. Some people clap at this point, probably relieved that the wait is over; I don’t, as I believe I would be overly compensating the techie who turned down the house lights. Instead, I shut the playbill in my lap, fold my arms, and simply stare at the stage. It doesn’t matter whether I’m about to see a show for the first time or the fifteenth, that moment still gets...
...vast following, Schumacher's determination not to be beaten has earned him few fans among other drivers. Jos Verstappen of Orange Arrows is said to be his only close friend. Last season Schumacher riled many drivers by using a racing rule that allows one change of direction per lap to dart across the track at the start of races. But those were just mild complaintsin comparison to the nadir his reputation hit after the final race of 1997, the European Grand Prix at Jerez. Then driving for Ferrari and neck-and-neck for the championship with Jacques Villeneuve, Schumacher...
...School Board Journal managing editor Jerome Cramer: "Schools are now asked to do what people asked God to do." The steady increase in the number of working mothers (35% work full time now) has sharply reduced family supervision of children and thrown many personal problems into the teacher's lap, while weakening support for the teacher's efforts. Says Thomas Anderson, 31, who plans to quit this month after teaching social studies for seven years in Clearwater, Fla.: "I know more about some of my kids than their mothers and fathers...
...NASCAR?s slick, two-hour press conference provided a microsecond-by-microsecond dissection of the crash, but did little to quell persistent questions and criticism. The report failed, for example, to determine exactly why Earnhardt?s left lap belt "dumped," bunching in a twisted tension adjuster, causing it to rip like cheap T-shirt...
...JULY 16 2 A.M. At the talks, the first sign of trouble erupts as Pakistan issues an angry denial of India's claim that Kashmir was not discussed. In Bhatato Ramsoo, a hamlet in the lap of the Peerpanjal hills overlooking the main Srinagar-Jammu highway, gunmen burst into a mud-walled house and, without a word, open fire. Herdsman Mohammed Shaffi, his wife Fatima, daughter Janoo and another relative are shot dead. The killers then enter a neighbor's house and kidnap the owner, Nizamuddin. (He remains missing.) Soon after the first shootings, rebels attack army camps at Waripora...