Word: sayed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Randy curls the mustache into a sinister little shape, slicks his mohawk to one side and starts dancing to Elvis's "Return to Sender." He laughs and sticks the prop back in his pocket. Beth jumps up and runs down the steps to say goodbye to some preppy kids who are leaving for the day. She hugs them; they hug back, gingerly, avoiding the spikes on her vest...
...have a bunch of CDs I'm gonna let you borrow. I'm going to say this again--I can't stress it enough--it's more about the music than the clothes. I was in the scene for a year before I started buying patches...
...book, like his, that goes farther and accuses irony of corrupting public spirit goes too far. Cowardice, tact and irresponsibility all, as Purdy points out, often enlist irony in disavowing publicly a private conviction. For example, someone might say, "Why do I want to work in investment banking, you said? Oh, for the safe money, of course." Most people, after all, don't want to get caught holding an unfashionable belief. What's the news? But my purpose here is not to defend an everyday kind of hypocrisy. Nor, on the other hand, is it to defend the high tradition...
...Sylvie and Bruno, one of the lesser-known works by the author of Alice in Wonderland, Bruno tells Sylvie that there are 'around one thousand and two pigs" lying in the field. Sylvie responds that if he is not sure of the total number he should say "around one thousand" and ignore the extra two, to which Bruno replies very gravely, that, on the contrary, it is of the two pigs that he is sure because they are right in front of him, while of the other thousand he has no certainty...
...sale ? at least not until they turn 13. That, according to the Federal Trade Commission, is the new rule of Internet advertising. On Wednesday, the FTC passed down some serious restrictions to online marketers? maneuvers: Beginning in April, any information solicited online from a child under 13 ? say, from a toy company?s site ? must be accompanied by parental consent. The form of consent will vary depending on what the marketers intend to do with the information; if it?s for that toy company?s sole consumption, a e-mail and a follow-up phone call to the parents will...