Word: sickingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Sick of hearing about such projects, many cultural critics are beginning to fear Disney's cavalier and ultra-capitalistic attitude. Most notable among the dissenters is Carl Hiaasen, a writer of zany South Florida mystery novels and celebrated columnist for The Miami Herald. His new book, Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World, reads like a marriage of the opinionated, highly personal journalism of Tom Wolfe and Joan Didion and the rants of Dennis Miller. One hesitates to apply the word "book" to Hiaasen's project-the slim volume bears a greater resemblance to a modern-day muckraking pamphlet, complete...
...This policy assumes that CRLS students don't have families that need them sometimes," said student school committee member Rebecca Wheeler. "I've had to stay home four times already this year--twice to take care of my younger brother when he was sick. Under this policy, if I'm absent again I would have to go before a committee to plead my case to keep my academic credit...
...keep the stained dress as protection against potential White House charges that Monica was a delusional stalker. Far from trying to set Lewinsky up, they say, Tripp was trying to shield her. If she pointed out the storytelling benefits of a presidential affair, she also called the relationship "sick" and urged Monica to end it. And she asked Monica to let Clinton know the secret was out and that Tripp would have no choice but to disclose it under oath...
...sick to death of people talking about the "boom" in the U.S. economy over the past few years [SPECIAL REPORT, Sept. 14]. What boom? There hasn't been one, except maybe for the CEOs of companies that have downsized or gone to Mexico and reaped the profits. I am the disabled wife of a man who lost his job at Rockwell in the first wave of layoffs in 1990, and I have watched him go through a series of low-paying temp jobs ever since, his morale getting lower and lower. Washington, are you listening? KAREN SEXTON Orange, Calif...
...fight against flu. Scientists report that two experimental drugs decrease the duration and severity of influenza. Both--a pill called GS4104 and an inhaler named Relenza--also cut down on complications like bronchitis. And used daily for a month during flu season, Relenza can help keep you from getting sick in the first place. FDA approval may come...