Word: sitters
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...DIED. NAYA, 25, tree-sitter for Earth First!, an environmental group; after falling 30 meters from a redwood tree the organization was trying to protect from loggers; near Santa Cruz, California. Naya?known to fellow activists only by his "tree name"?was a homeless man who joined the group recently. He spent 12 hours on a platform in the redwood canopy before falling...
Even if she had actually visited the 2-year-old's central Florida home on July 1, child-welfare caseworker Erica Jones would not have found little Alfredo Montez. He was being beaten to death in a mobile home 10 miles away, allegedly by his baby-sitter, Richard Chouquer, 23, as punishment for soiling his pants. The child was then wrapped in a bedspread, one with characters from Disney's 101 Dalmatians, and allegedly thrown into the trunk of Chouquer's gray Ford Taurus. Police say that as Chouquer and his girlfriend, Amandy Lawrence, 22, drove off to find...
...solid thesping, hire the Brits. McGregor tamps down his innate exuberance to play stern baby-sitter to Anakin but lends his scenes a thoughtful weight. And Lee has the tired majesty of a Dracula shaken awake in his sepulcher but with a few good bites left in him. He enunciates plot points like a teacher with a thrilling classroom style; his voice has cello music in it. His character also cues the film's one giddy musical moment: when Dooku rides a celestial scooter, composer John Williams borrows The Wizard of Oz's theme music for the Wicked Witch...
...independence and identity during these years, but I also formed friendships that have lasted a decade. Camp shaped me into the person that I am today. I hope that parents will consider the many benefits of a camp experience before they decide that an inflatable pool and a baby-sitter are sufficient. AMY NEIWIRTH Columbus, Ohio...
...good school but I knew it would be too hard on them. Especially since I have a younger brother.” Keel also understood that Harvard’s financial burden would partially fall on her. During high school, Keel worked 14-hour weeks as a baby-sitter and at the library in order to earn spending money. Her expectation was that in college she would continue to do the same...