Word: riche
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...second half, the Harvard offense awakened just a bit. With just over five minutes left in the third quarter, quarterback Rich Linden and running back Damon Jones combined for 71 yards on 12 plays. It took three plays at the goal line to get the pigskin into the end zone. But when Linden was pushed across the line of scrimmage by two Harvard linemen, 10,000 men and women of Harvard had reason to stand and scream...
Remember when enjoying life seemed like the point of childhood? Hah! Researchers at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research compiled the 1997 time diaries of 3,586 children nationwide, ages 12 and under. The participants came from virtually every ethnic background and all kinds of households--rich, poor, single parent, dual income. But funnily enough, they all sounded a little like Steven...
Perhaps most controversial is The Nurture Assumption by Judith Rich Harris, who asserts that relationships with peers--not parents--determine how children turn out. No less alarming is "Why Doesn't Anybody Like Me?" by Hara Estroff Marano, who reports that peer rejection puts children at risk for dropping out, teen pregnancy, drugs, criminality and mental-health problems...
...Alarmist starts as a modified Robin Hood where "the den" is a circa 1954 sushi restaurant, and the merry men have been compressed into several burglar alarm sales-people bent on income redistribution. Anyone familiar with Los Angeles will realize the timeliness of their "rob the rich" scam in which Heinrich Grigoris (Greg Tucci) boosts the sales of his alarms by staging robberies in the neighborhood of his potential clients. The twist in Grigoris' scheme is Tommy, the new salesman played with adorable, bumbling style by David Arquette. The real credit in The Alarmist must go to the actors. Like...
...Poulis '02, in the lead role of Ethan, offers a star turn as the stodgy, emotionally numb farmer, trying to break free from his oppressive marriage to Zeena. Poulis' deep, rich voice, along with his uncanny portrayal of Ethan's isolation and frustration, is by far the best performance in the opera...