Word: linked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...from the wall of Westside Middle School's gym is Cole Hill, an elevation surrounded by gravel and blacktop roads. It was near here that Mitch and Drew found a site to park the van. They had a clear view of the school's playground, enclosed by chain-link fence, a few hundred feet up the road. Three feet of sage grass, kudzu vines and an array of sapling oaks, sweet gums and acorn trees provided cover. For Mitch and Drew, the spot was perfect...
...direct ancestors of modern birds. Having the internal organs in hand could help support--or torpedo--that connection. Already, in fact, some scientists are suggesting that the position of the liver indicates an internal structure more like a lizard's than a bird's, undercutting the dinosaur-bird link. Its breastbone, on the other hand, says paleontologist Mark Norell of the American Museum of Natural History, could hardly be more birdlike...
...link between art and friendship could actually be a fruitful subject for a play. How many of us have felt a pang of betrayal when a close friend or loved one has failed to share our enthusiasm for a favorite movie or novel? But the issue is blunted here by the fact that the painting is treated as a joke from the start--and a dated one at that. It's the old wheeze about how abstract art appeals only to pretentious critics (and suckers like Serge), while ordinary folks see the emperor's new clothes...
BLOCK THE BLOCKERS More problems for one of the top-selling kinds of blood-pressure drugs--calcium-channel blockers. Already slammed for their link to cancer and other ailments, the pills may also raise the risk of suicide--and, in people with diabetes, heart attack...
...think social service can be part of activismwhen you link it to social issues," he says. "Whenyou begin to look at the larger things, you'rebecoming more of an activist...