Word: pedestrians
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There's a particularly revealing moment in the otherwise pedestrian movie Shadowlands, where a young fan, on meeting the author C.S. Lewis, whispers in hushed awe, "Are you him?" The youngster found his idol to be suitably impressive...
...Thomas Cruise Mapother (yes, the pedestrian last name had to go when our boy got to Hollywood) has reached film superstardom, playing Ivy Leaguers in several movies and reaching what the Hasty Pudding has proclaimed the "epitome of manhood." (Might the third accomplishment be related to the second? In any case, coming from the cross-dressing center of campus, this is quite a feat.) Tom Cruise, teenage heartthrob/film icon humbly started his acting career at a public high school in Glen Ridge, N.J. with a part in "Godspell...
...merely extending his or her finger, pedestrian can control traffic signals, turning green lights read and bringing cars to a virtual standstill. But how powerful is the cross-walk button? can it really turn a traffic light red or is it simply a ruse devised to calm impatient street-crossers? according to Don Burgess associate traffic engineer at the Boston Department of Transportation, the answer...
This browning is nowhere more noticeable than on the sidewalks, which have quickly come to resemble treacherous snowbound crevices, paved with slush. The snow gives rise to novel questions of etiquette. If the slushway is wide enough for only one, should you wait for the pedestrian 50 yards up ahead coming in the opposite direction to complete his journey before yourself embarking? Or should you choose to ignore him, and halfway along engage in an awkward Snow Dance--strangers in the snow, exchanging footing...
...cheerful surroundings and youthful excitement, however, are a false window into the mood of most Muscovites. Apart from a few cosmetic changes, the city is literally a mess, giving citizens far more immediate problems to worry about than Kremlin intrigues and superpower summitry. Injuries from slips, falls and other pedestrian mishaps were reported to be running as high as 1,200 a day because the city can no longer afford enough tools and workers to clear the filthy, slush-filled streets. Mountains of sodden cardboard boxes are piling up behind new sheet-metal stands, where vendors sell cigarettes, candy...