Word: upone
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...result, students returning last week to Allen High School in suburban Dallas found four new permanent, airport-style metal detectors and a sign (apparently not vetted by the English department) that reads WELCOME TO ALLEN HIGH SCHOOL. UPON ENTERING THESE PREMISES ALL CARRY-IN ITEMS ARE SUBJECT TO SEARCH. In Orange County, Fla., students who wanted lockers or parking permits for their cars had to sign a waiver agreeing to random searches of both and stating that they "waive any expectation of privacy." Instead of an old-fashioned fire drill, a high school in Williams Bay, Wis., carried...
...that they take a long time to work and a long time to wear off. That's changed with FDA approval of Sonata, a new prescription sleeping pill. People who used Sonata in clinical trials were usually snoozing within 30 minutes of taking the drug, and reported little grogginess upon waking. Drug maker American Home Products sees Sonata as a direct competitor to the current leading treatment for insomnia, Monsanto's Ambien...
...horror movie, they can't decide exactly what happens in the final shot (hint: recall what the witch made the kids do) and who the villain is (one guess: the missing filmmaker)? We'll say good, that ambiguity can coexist with atrocity. The film also plays upon the horror genre's attraction-repulsion for the filmgoer: what-happens-next? vs. why-am-I-watching-this? It makes canny use of dramatic longueurs. It's scary even when nothing happens, because something awful might, and, eek!, right now! Anticipation is all. Anxiety is a more powerful emotion than shock. Knowing...
...wonderfully wry and funny--the classic Southerner. He wrote a great book about his dog. He wrote a fascinating book about the role of football in the South and the racial barriers, The Courting of Marcus Dupree. You know, most Southerners thought they'd be looked down upon if they went up to the Northeast. The cultural elites would all think they were hayseeds--although that was kind of phony; the New York Times was largely run by Southerners--but there was always this sensitivity about how you'd be seen. Willie gave us another way of thinking about...
...sixth - the flannel-wearing, exclamatory walk-across-the-state Alexander was out of donors and options. This year, he can blame it on fellow GOP moderate George W. Bush and his fund-raising Hoover, but TIME senior writer Eric Pooley says that the gods of politics simply never smiled upon this worthy...