Word: roomed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seven people. That did appear to be the case; the distinctive craters left by cluster bombs marked a vegetable and herb garden, releasing an incongruous aroma of onions and chives amid the debris. Roofs were shattered, and one bomb had landed in the center of a family's living room. Why bomb here...
...name of the game is broadband, the technical term for high-speed Internet access. It's complex stuff, so much so that even the big players sometimes get confused. (When asked a convoluted broadband question at his deposition, Case did a double take. "Am I in the wrong room?" he asked, to peals of laughter from Microsoft lawyers...
...Test on him. "If you overhear your son talking about girls in a trashy way, remind him, 'That's me you're talking about.' If he thinks it's hilarious to snap a girl's bra, ask him if he would have done it with his mother in the room...
...WebTV component, however, isn't really for me; I don't like surfing the Net when I'm in my passive, TV-watching mode. And call me a traditionalist, but I think e-mail belongs on a PC in the office, not on the big screen in the living room. By law I still can't get local programming on the satellite dish, although Congress is expected to overturn that ban, possibly at the end of June. What I will never get via satellite is my neighbor's vibra-chair...
Most children's hospitals offer an operating-room tour before surgery to demystify the process. Some programs even have child specialists act out the operation on a doll or stuffed animal, demonstrating how the anesthesia mask fits over the face or where the EKG "stickers" are attached to the chest. It can be a good idea to play operating room at home as well. (You can get doctor's kits from most toy retailers.) But don't force this or any other information on your child if he or she doesn't seem receptive...