Word: safely
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Last year during reading period, I was wandering through Cabot Science Library, now the only twenty-four-hour library on campus and a safe haven for insomniacs like me. I spotted a student slumped over in his study carol, emitting a rapidly escalating series of snores, a common sight in an all-night library. Then I saw the slogan printed on the back of his T-shirt: "Sleep Is For The Weak." Next time I'm up all night, I'm going to bring a camera. Dara Horn's column will resume next semester...
...Gogh's Irises, and that room had its own line, stretching more than an hour and all the way across the main pavilion. Why? It turns out the interlocking gallery spaces of the Getty have an air-conditioning system that could not keep rooms pleasant and the paintings safe with so many people in the building. Other rooms were sweltering while the pavilion floor holding the Irises was simply shut off and regulated. The Getty seemed also to suffer for its newness as well as its popularity; one docent told me to "look around" and see if I could find...
...hard to feel safe in a lot of places in Mexico, despite the best efforts of President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon. The Acteal bloodbath is just the latest instance of what sometimes appears to be the virtual collapse of public security in the country. From the slums of Tijuana to the hilltop mansions of Mexico City, a rising wave of violent crime, kidnappings and human- rights atrocities has gripped the nation. Many refer to it as the "Colombianization" of the country, a reference to the even scarier levels of violence inspired by drug mafias and paramilitary gangs in that...
...tape at home because your kids will think you're a dweeb, but in the car, the audience roars as you belt out I've Gotta Be Me. Coffee steams from the cup holder, a bag of Beer Nuts sits open at your side, and God knows you're safe. The safety belt is strapped snugly across your body, and if that fails, the air bag will save your life--if it doesn't decapitate you. Little bells and lights go off if you make a mistake: don't forget to buckle up! Change your oil, you sleepyhead! The illusions...
Saddam Puts the Blocks Back On Just when you thought it was safe to go back to Baghdad, another crisis is brewing ? this time over American arms inspector Scott Ritter. How will the U.N. respond? Full Story...