Word: stalk
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...life, the jilted who stalk and harass their former lovers are usually seen as forlorn creatures, objects of pity, if not downright contempt. In the movies (Play Misty for Me, Fatal Attraction), they are more often seen as menaces of a more melodramatic, if not downright terrifying, kind. What no one up to now has ever imagined is that people caught up in this common form of temporary insanity might possibly provide the premise for a romantic comedy...
MOVIES . . . ADDICTED TO LOVE: In life, jilted lovers who stalk and harass their former lovers are usually seen as forlorn creatures, objects of pity, if not downright contempt, writes TIME Movie Critic Richard Schickel. In the movies (?Play Misty for Me,? ?Fatal Attraction?) they are more often seen as menaces of a more melodramatic, if not downright terrifying kind. What no one up to now has ever imagined is that people caught up in this quite common form of temporary insanity might possibly provide the premise for a romantic comedy. But that?s precisely what director Griffin Dunne and writer...
...softball team should be successful; perhaps the Crimson will finally defeat Princeton this year. But if you've ever attended a softball game, you know exactly how exciting it is to wait 40 to 50 seconds between pitches for Tasha Cupp to stalk around the mound and re-focus. Best wishes to the softball team, but I'll pass...
What are you waiting for? Why are you still reading this column? Go read Usenet, or make your Web page, or stalk your friends. You're ready to leave the world of pine behind...
...hunters may mistakenly shoot dogs, or the dogs may become caught in traps--Cindy was a hunting dog. Odds do favor the hunting dogs when they "overtake, maul, and kill cubs and kittens," which they do often. Currently Massachusetts law permits hounding for training purposes, leading some hunters to stalk the same bear or bobcat for months before finally killing it. Several states already ban hounding, and three others will consider banning it this Tuesday...