Word: sirens
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...becomes a lion; a mermaid becomes a maid; a geek kid becomes a Greek god. Hercules (voiced by Tate Donovan) is your basic mythic hybrid--half man, half deity--recast as a clumsy teen. Superman-strong and Bambi-naive, Herc is an ideal foil for wily Meg (a subtle siren, wonderfully voiced by Susan Egan). She plays Barbara Stanwyck to his Eddie Bracken, while a gruff satyr (Danny DeVito) acts as Herc's mentor and parries the anti-Olympus scheming of Hades (James Woods...
...these high-tech times, ranchers had used cell phones to call in warnings to their families as others watched Doppler Radar reports on Austin and Waco television stations. Al Clawson, the owner of a small recycling plant, was at home when the tornado siren went off. "I seen the tornado on TV, and I called my wife and daughters at the plant and told them to get in their cars and run," he says. And run they did. The twister was a malignantly playful one, first appearing as a single funnel, drawing back and then suddenly combining at least three...
...family did not stand a chance. All five of them, Larry and Joan, their twin sons John and Paul and daughter Audrey, rushed to their home next to Clawson's plant the moment the siren sounded--and apparently the twister chose to sweep in that direction. No one knows if the Igos sought shelter or tried to lie low to the ground or cover themselves with pillows, blankets or mattresses. Their home was leveled to its concrete foundation, and all that remained was the stripped and battered hulk of one of Larry's collection of '57 Chevys. In the frantic...
...rolled in, Oaks' private computer network proved as difficult to reach as the real America Online. Early in the action, his first humvee was taken out by an armored personnel carrier hiding behind a ridge. (The direct hit was indicated by a flashing yellow roof light and a humiliating siren crying Whoop! Whoop! Whoop!) When Oaks transferred operations to a second vehicle, electronic disaster struck. "Every computer I've got has crashed!" he shouted three hours into the battle, and reached for the paper maps, acetate overlays and colored markers that have been the battle-planning tools of U.S. commanders...
...Sanders Theater prepared to sit through two hours of lecture for Literature and Arts C-37: "The Bible and Its Interpreters." Midway through the first hour, a fire alarm mysteriously sounded then suddenly shut off. Soon afterwards, the microphone stopped functioning. After replacement, the remaining lecture was punctuated with siren blasts from nearby fire engines...