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...around in a tuxedo and plastic lei, a conical hat affixed to your head with an elastic chin strap, washing down fish eggs with carbonated white wine, as some glorified Bar Mitzvah band plays Public Enemy's Don't Believe the Hype, has always seemed to me a pretty lame way to spend the night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Believe the Hype | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By N.o. Yuen, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: You Want a Revolution? | 10/28/1999 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thursday: 10:52 P.M. Astronomy | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

...even have guys' bags!" Haynie laughs, holding up a dark gray plastic sack...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Gudrais, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Made Up in Mary Kay | 10/22/1999 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Micaela K. Root and Anna M. Schneider-mayerson, S | Title: Fifteen Minutes: CRLS.: The Kids Next Door | 10/21/1999 | See Source »

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