Word: yorks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That was the question on my mind after reading about the "New York Times Capsule" last Sunday. On the face of it, the concept of a millennial time capsule sounds simple enough: Create a vessel--sealed with late-20th century artifacts--with instructions that it should be opened no earlier than the year...
...easy you have it. Back in my day, we walked to school, uphill both ways, in the snow or rain or sleet, mind you - and on top of all that, we even took our own tests. That was in the days before teachers and administrators at 32 New York City public schools allegedly started "helping" their students with statewide tests, when kids actually had to know something about reading, writing and arithmetic to get passed to the next grade. For the last five years, claims special investigator Edward Stancik, some kids have just waltzed into class, written their test answers...
...Frequently, one of the things that is considered is, can we defend this if it's on the front page of The Crimson or the [Boston] Globe or The New York Times...
...Ellis served 25 years in Attica, the New York State prison, after being investigated by COINTELPRO, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's counterintelligence program, for his involvement in the Black Panthers. He earned his master's degree while imprisoned in Attica...
...Safra, who as owner of the Republic National Bank of New York had made some high-powered enemies, had reportedly grown neurotic in recent months, convinced that he was in constant danger, and wouldn't emerge from a bathroom - despite entreaties from rescue workers - as the apartment became engulfed in flames. But will the public accept a tidy conclusion to this veritable Greek tragedy? Theories have already emerged on the Internet painting Maher as a Lee Harvey Oswald-like Russian mole. Another, probably closer to the truth, has Maher trying to ingratiate himself with the sickly billionaire, thus finding...