Word: staying
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That's a heavy burden for one little weenie roast. But across the country and the world, people are finding as many reasons to stay in this New Year's Eve as to go out. Most boil down to one thing: other people. With no basis in nature, the passage of a thousand years is a man-made phenomenon, and so are its attendant worries. The question of how you mark this millennium is partly a question of faith--not religious faith so much as faith in humankind. Faith that people can throng by the hundreds of thousands...
...Seasons hotel is auctioning off an antimillennium getaway. The lucky winner will spend the night in a soundproof suite, sans clocks and calendars, watching black-and-white movies and eating dinner from a pre-1950s menu. The anachronistic evening fits the disposition of Britons, most of whom plan to stay home on New Year's Eve, according to a survey of 100,000 by the department store Selfridges. "It reflects the mood of the '90s," says Selfridges marketing manager Nicola Lloyd. "People don't need to go mad. They just want a night to remember with family and friends...
...time I arrived, Jay had been there two weeks, which to me, just beginning to come down from the pills and dope, seemed like an incredibly long time to stay clean. Over the next few weeks, his robust optimism and constant wisecracking would be an inspiration to me as I muddled through very early sobriety. I had been convinced after that first night that I would never laugh again. Jay was proof that life without drugs could be fun--that you could retain your sense of humor...
...millionaire by his mid-20s--that he never had a chance to figure out who he was, beneath all the trappings of worldly success. He spoke eagerly, with a midrange, clipped California accent, his voice filling the room with vague blandishments about how eager he was to stay sober and how grateful he was to his fellow agents who had intervened to send him here and how he was looking forward to getting back to work...
...blood vessels are being formed. But it doesn't start destroying those blood vessels until it is activated by pulses of light from a non-heat-generating laser. Since the light is shone into the eye, only the abnormal growths in the retina are targeted. Patients have to stay out of the sun for 24 to 48 hours after treatment to avoid sunburn...