Word: riches
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...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 salespeople 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 neighborhoods of potential clients. The twist in Grigoris' scheme is Tommy, the new salesman played with adorable, bumbling style by David Arquette. A natural at the hook, the Tommy's moral sensibilities are deeply troubled...
...either immoral. By the end, one is convinced of the justice of his scheme since even with his cheating, there remians genuine goodness in him. It is hard to sort out what was what and who was right, but in the end they're all endearing. If robbing the rich puts food on their tables...
...with last season. The extra commercials that networks air to offset their higher costs have only prompted viewers to channel-surf more frequently away from the major sports. Big-salaried athletes with bad attitudes have been turning off fans. And now a squabble over money among a bunch of rich men--pro basketball's owners and players--has forced cancellation of a month of games, further alienating that sport's followers...
Many have suggested that most of what goes on in schools is a meaningless waste of time. Meanwhile, 99% of children, both rich and poor, have, with enthusiasm and efficiency, but without any formal teaching, taught themselves to speak their native tongue. And then in schools, they are forced to memorize and regurgitate and are certified by the rigid, demeaning, coercive, boring pseudo-academic institutions they attend. A few schools, by using only interesting material like newspapers, games, comic books, art, music and talk, have shown us how to stop schooling and start educating. They've eliminated formal assessment, stopped...
...postpone solely because it had not then been able to raise the funds we always seek from private sources for exhibits. Despite inaccurate media reports, there was never any doubt the Freud show would take place. The library welcomes responsible controversy about the many exhibits it mounts of its rich and varied materials. JAMES H. BILLINGTON, Librarian Library of Congress Washington...