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Chillicothe's fortunes typically mirror those of the rest of the country. When a busload of TIME journalists traveling across the country on Route 50 visited the town four years ago, its economy was booming (even though residents were wary about trusting their good fortune). Paint Street, once a wasteland of decaying brick buildings, was dotted with antique shops and boutiques. Real estate prices were soaring. Shoppers scooped up 12,000 BTU air conditioners and top-of-the-line wrought-iron patio furniture...
...very worst part is that the Black Students Association (BSA) sit-in and the letter they are writing are exact mirror events of what happened in 1996, when Mansfield responded to President Neil L. Rudenstine's report on diversity...
...wanna-bes are already like him. In the end, that is really Beat's appeal. The jokes, sure, make people laugh. The cool tough guy, sure, people find sexy. But beneath the crafted image is an everyman that Japanese males would like to see when they peer into a mirror. "Takeshi's machismo is kind of nostalgic for many men," says Yoko Tajima, a professor of English literature and women's studies who appears on his TV Tackle show. "But his real strength is that he never forgets his starting point. He is a loser in a sense...
...glitter makeup that girls ranging from just past toddler to barely into their teens are snapping up at stores like the Limited Too and GapKids. Girls who only a moment ago played with Barbie now play at being Britney. "Walk around any shopping mall, and you'll see mirror images of her all over the place," says Larry Flick, an editor at the music trade magazine Billboard. Some schools are cracking down on the lookalikes, stiffening dress codes to stamp out racy attire. Parents, for their part, are rolling their eyes and trying to walk the line between fashion...
...will get hit harder than their NFL colleagues for far less money while having to wear mikes and get pestered by reporters in midgame. If not intentionally, the XFL is a little like Harold in Harold and Maude, feigning bloodlust to repulse his militaristic uncle; it holds a funhouse mirror up to your father's game, exaggerating everything unsettling about it and daring fans of the original to take offense...