Word: boying
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...cars lined streets; patrol boats cruised on the canal behind the house. Demonstrators shouted in Spanish that Reno was a witch. For 2 1/2 hours she talked with Elian, Lazaro, Marisleysis and their Miami handlers, as Elian moved from lap to lap. At one point during the negotiations, the boy even began playing with one of Reno's security people. "You know, we could solve this real quick," the agent reportedly said. "I could walk out of here with him right...
...used by law-enforcement and government agencies to examine threats made against their personnel, Mosaic software is now being field-tested in about 20 public school districts from Jonesboro, Ark., to Los Angeles to Salem, Ore. In its assessment of the stick-figure artist, the program suggested that the boy shared several traits with past violent offenders and guided the school to put him in counseling and under close watch. "When those kids walked into Columbine with bombs, no one was expecting it," says Underwood. "We're now on alert if this child comes into school with a bulge...
...through 1999--but it feels scarier with each new well-publicized shooting and threat. In the year since the Columbine massacre, understandably nervous school officials have cycled through a series of responses, from lock-down drills to see-through knapsacks, with the impulsiveness of seventh-graders buying the boy-band CD of the moment...
...less--last week in Baton Rouge during the long-awaited marquee act in the 12-week trial. Edwards, 72, a four-term Governor who once said the only way he'd lose an election was if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy, was called to the stand in his own defense. He had listened to a parade of witnesses, including three men who pleaded guilty to their role in the alleged scam, say he had extorted millions from applicants for riverboat-casino licenses during and after his last term, which ended...
Bellow is pleased by all the awards and recognition his work has received, but is not overly impressed with himself: "People used to kid me when I was a boy, and they would say, 'Ah, yes, you're going to have a Nobel Prize one day. You'll also be covered like a tree with bark.'" He refuses to romanticize his work: "I'm not a tortured writer. I had my days in my youth when I was a tortured writer. I decided that if torture is part of the job, I was going to quit...