Word: plastic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...inside of the Science Center resembles a fun house, with its giant lenses and stretch and shrink mirrors. But for many, the outside revolving doors turn it into a House of Horror. Smudges of oil from smashed foreheads and noses cover its clear plastic sides like battle scars. Just this year, a freshman was wedged with a package half way in the door. When people enter with conflicting speeds, riders are forced to leap out to escape, and many end up bruising their heels and (the horror!) sharing one of the four compartments with a stranger. "I've seen...
...often tells students how much he's craving an RC Cola or a Moon Pie or a Slim Jim. He allows them to drink bottled water in class and speak up without raising their hands. But he's best known for his antics--shooting chalk through a plastic tube, or dropping a huge chemistry book on the floor for its startling effect. It's a formula that works, creating an environment that engages students. When one called him a mean old a--hole in class, he corrected him calmly. "That's mean old bastard...
...even have guys' bags!" Haynie laughs, holding up a dark gray plastic sack...
...girls sit on the lower level of the Pit's granite bleachers. They rest their elbows on the bags on their laps. Beth lights a cigarette. A big black guy called Gerbil bends over from an upper bench, brandishes his plastic...
...They do not. Carrie pays with bills from a silver plastic wallet. Beth comes over and hands her a glass of water. "Mambo Number Five" plays on the loudspeaker, and Carrie bops her shoulders and beats a pattern on her leg with one hand. Beth wiggles her hips; the spikes on her low-slung belt jut from side to side. Neither smiles...