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...aesthetic question, Is pro wrestling fun to watch? The answer is: Not really. It can evince the rude, flimflam energy of its carnival origins, but as a form of pulp culture, wrestling has far less imagination than a decent horror movie or comic book. If you're desperate for mock terror on Monday nights, stick with Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
...playacting can eventually lead to discipline problems at school. Alan Skriloff, assistant superintendent of personnel and curriculum for New Jersey's North Brunswick school system, notes that there has been an increase in mock-sexual behavior in buses carrying students to school. He insists there have been no incidents of sexual assault but, he says, "we've dealt with kids simulating sexual intercourse and simulating masturbation. It's very disturbing to the other children and to the parents, obviously." Though Skriloff says that girls are often the initiators of such conduct, in most school districts the aggressors are usually boys...
NATO staged mock air raids today to warn the Serbs against further aggression in Kosovo, but it'll probably take the real thing to force President Milosevic to back off. "There's little expectation in Washington that today's action will have any effect," says TIME State Department correspondent Dean Fischer. "It's unlikely that there will be a diplomatic solution without military action...
...provides us with some funding, but it's not enough to cover even our initial registration fees," says Thomas G. Saunders '00, co-president of the Mock Trial Team and Pre-Law Society...
According to Lauren A. Wetzler '00, the other co-president of the Mock Trial Team and Pre-Law Society, insufficient funding is a constant source of concern for the team, which was forced to forego an important national tournament for which it had qualified...