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...black light, a beanbag chair and an African drum in the corner. Pink Floyd is cranked up loud. There seems to be a curious lack of sexual tension among the 15 or so adolescent boys and girls, most of them from New Trier, sitting in a rough circle on the floor in the eerie light. No one necks in the corner; attention is focused on the bong slowly circling the assemblage. Everyone who has pot shares it. "The ethics here is if you're 'holding,' you contribute," explains a kid as he fills the bong one more time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HIGH TIMES AT NEW TRIER HIGH | 12/9/1996 | See Source »

Women's hockey is a rough sport. Even though checking is not allowed, it still happens, and injuries caused Malek and one other player to be sidelined for most of the team's games last season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: W. Hockey Still Searching for Offense in Loss to Huskies | 12/4/1996 | See Source »

...stuffed-animal makers--Flipper, Scar the Hammerhead Shark and Pete the Pelican. Toy manufacturers were demanding a fourth to round out the Flipper line. "But the movie's been shot," Shapiro argued. "It's too late to add a fourth character." Nevertheless, Shapiro and the executives screened a rough cut of the film and noticed a montage sequence during which a sea turtle swam by. And thus in an altogether calculated manner was born Sam the Turtle. His likeness flooded toy stores nationwide last summer, even though he appeared in literally one shot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 101 MOVIE TIE-INS | 12/2/1996 | See Source »

DAVE MONDOCK, borough manager Forecast: "Look out. We're in for a bad winter." Methodology: A red-tailed hawk. In 1992 Mondock first spotted the migrating bird and noticed that its early arrival in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, correlates with a rough season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Dec. 2, 1996 | 12/2/1996 | See Source »

Even before Cheyenne was delivered, doctors knew she was in for a rough ride. Ultrasound revealed a deformity in the left side of her heart; she would need either a grueling series of procedures to correct the defect or a single operation to replace the organ. Her parents chose the transplant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HER TINY HEART | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

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