Word: tape
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...nonexistent, voice-overs shallow; cartoons were trivial, something to waste your afternoon on and nothing more. I never developed an attachment to the characters; they remained two-dimensional drawings that moved in two-dimensional worlds. So I was totally prepared to pidgeon-hole anime when I popped in a tape of "Fushigi Yuugi" (Mysterious Play), a popular series in Japan. Boy, was I wrong...
When JonBenet woke, tore the duct tape from her mouth and began screaming, Smit theorizes that the killer panicked and struck her, perhaps with a heavy flashlight. With no time to retrieve his note from upstairs, the killer broke a window and fled. Later, police found a scuff mark from what appeared to be a boot on the nearby wall as well as unidentified boot and palm prints...
...credit bureaus, to report identity theft. It's a growing problem, and Travelers now offers its policyholders identity-fraud insurance. For $25 a year, the policy provides up to $15,000 in coverage for lost wages, expenses and legal help needed to clear up credit reports and red tape--something self-employed or hourly workers may consider. To be safe, check your credit report every six months and shred financial data before dumping them. For more safety tips, see www.consumer.gov...
...nearly cuts him in half. The security guards later tell police that they shot because one of them thought he'd spotted a Javanese garroting device inside the pudgy little bald guy's jacket. When the police turn him over, of course, it turns out to have been a tape measure...
...rival news organization. "It could put you at a competitive disadvantage," says NBC Dateline executive producer Neal Shapiro, who fears the episode could encourage sloppy journalism, as reporters rush their stories out to avoid being beaten. Some TV news executives are considering whether they should require subjects who tape interviews to sign an agreement not to distribute the material beforehand. And some skeptics wonder about Ellis' commercial motives in the whole episode. Everybody who logs on to his site is, after all, a potential customer...