Word: mined
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When I was in middle school, a friend of mine and I realized that if we asked everyone we knew for a quarter, and did this day after day, we could make for ourselves five, ten dollars a week--no chump change to a couple of seventh-graders. The plan worked great for about four days. Then everybody realized what we were on to, and the donations quickly--and deservedly--dried up. And it's not because our friends and peers were heartless elites. It's not because they had ideological objections to giving money to people. It's because...
Michael addressed the students yesterday, saying "I will be your preacher-teacher, anything you have in mind." He also encouraged students to attend his office hours, to "put your tiny hand in mine." In the fall of 1997, singer-songwriter Michael attended several lectures, spoke with students, and considered teaching the class. Roles said, "Baby, I'm asking you to stay / Please, please, please, don't go away." Yesterday, Michael explained his transcendental approach to the class, saying "Section's natural, section's fun, section's best when...
...seemed a huge opportunity to deal with a subject that had never really been dealt with, comedically or dramatically. As I researched it, I found a lot of facts that hadn't been--that I wasn't aware of. The original script took place during the war, and mine takes place after the war, which I think is an important difference...
...like trying to figure out what the "three meats" are in the dining hall's "three meat lasagna." It's a big mish-mash of good, bad and often ugly. It's like any normal school--only with a lot more prepsters and Gucci-lovers. But a friend of mine--a "proven" trendsetter (remember Hypercolor? That was all her. Cavariccis? Yup, those too.)--last week discovered the ultimate in cool. It has all the potential of a "crossover"--an unlikely bridge over the oh-so-wide gap between the flannel wearers and the Polo-loyal, between DHAs and Banana Republic...
...Mine cost $6,000. They're worth it. I look at them like a real estate investment. I could turn around and sell them on eBay for so much more...