Word: snap
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...weren't saying TV was bad," says Marder, a working mother of three, "but we realized that it's very easy to use television as a baby sitter, and we wanted people to think about these things." The first tuneout week unfortunately coincided with both a nasty cold snap and sweeps week but, lo and behold, the local community center offered free ice skating, the ymca set up an evening swim, a nearby museum offered free programs ... "By the end of the week," says Marder, "we had parents telling us they wanted to do this every year...
...Judge Herve Stephan has placed all seven of the photographers arrested at the scene of Princess Diana's car crash under investigation for possible charges of involuntary homicide and failing to come to the aid of accident victims. Two were released on $16,000 bail, and are forbidden to snap pictures for profit until the judge decides whether the case warrants a trial...
...would be taxed at the new low rate. In '81, the S&P 500 plunged 15% in six weeks. Later the markets took off as investors sought low-tax opportunities. The '78 sell-off paved the way for a two-year runup that enabled the S&P 500 to snap out of a 14-year funk. The '81 sell-off set the stage for the mother of all bull markets...
...battalions of police in riot gear. They arrested more than 100 cyclists, including some peaceable ones who were just trying to point out that the city needs more bike lanes; their bikes were confiscated. The normally unflappable Mayor Willie Brown, a world-class deal broker, seemed ready to snap. Critical Mass, a leaderless mob that refers to itself as an idea rather than an organization (and has manifestations in a dozen other cities), had got his goat by having no one for him to cut a deal with. Willie doesn't do Zen. He threatened to keep both the bikes...
...privilege, not a right, and moral principles should be part of it. Michael Jordan, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier are real role models. Show the nonconformists like Mike Tyson [SPORT, July 14], Dennis Rodman and Roberto Alomar that when you are given this privilege and you lose control and "snap," you permanently lose the opportunity to compete. Teach these bad apples a lesson they can never forget: one snap and you're out. It would be a good lesson too for all the kids who look up to and admire these athletes. GEORGE RODRIGUEZ Great Neck...