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...happy series of energetic moments." Then for about 15 minutes his eyes play tricks on him, and a wall of shimmering light obscures his field of vision. "There's no pain at that point," says Schipper, who produces documentaries for the History Channel. "But once the shimmer starts, the countdown begins...
...countdown to high-profile hearings in the House and Senate, Republicans and Democrats are preparing to do battle today over whether the firing of eight Republican U.S. attorneys last year by the Bush Administration was politically motivated. The Justice Department's number two official claimed last year that poor "performance" was behind the firings, a contention disputed by the dismissed officials. One of the group, David Iglesias of New Mexico, alleged over the weekend that he had been called by two members of Congress last year, and that both had pressured him to conduct a criminal investigation of Democrats before...
...everybody ready out there?" came the cry. Then the countdown: "Five! ... Four! ... Three! ... Two! ... One!" And a jubilant roar: "We did it!" In the glow of a Florida sunset, a herd of screaming children stampeded into Indian Harbour Beach's just completed playground last month and began scrambling over the turreted fortress of mazes and bridges, slides and ladders, tire tunnels and sand-boxes. As the youngsters gamboled, beaming parents and teachers stood along the periphery, exchanging handshakes and hugs...
...baby daughter Penny, now put them up with her help. Said Penny, 14: "It's been neat. I'll never forget working at night with the lights on." But Leathers is out to impress the adults as much as their children. "They start out as cynics, but when the countdown begins, and the kids stream in, they start to cry," he says. Leathers assures his clients that his playgrounds will last at least 25 years, but the memories are guaranteed for a lifetime...
...Just before midnight, we count down from 10 and run. The countdown is a more energetic version of a New Year’s Eve countdown: contempt for the old and excitement about the new. But Primal Scream is more than a show of displeasure toward the old—those abominable reading period papers—it’s also an act of defiance toward the new—the dread of impending exams. The excitement for participants, and shock for spectators, comes not just from the sight of 500 screaming, naked students, but from our symbolic bird...