Word: numbering
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Increase in the past year in the number of girls ages 12 to 17 who use the Internet...
...thought of a strange, sad story from years ago. The book critic at a large newspaper was discovered to have plagiarized a number of my essays from TIME - not just a sentence here or there, but long paragraphs at a time. The man, thus exposed, committed suicide. I found out about this weeks after it had happened. The plagiarism was stupid and bizarre. The suicide was tragic; it took the case over into real darkness...
...almost been married but broke off the engagement. He said it was to be a half-million-dollar wedding.... At the end of the night, after his barstool curiously slipped out from beneath him and he almost fell to the floor, he wrote his e-mail, phone number and address on a napkin. He said he lived in the Village I think but I've thrown out the napkin. By the way, at one point in he night I'd asked him for his card. He said he wasn't carrying any with...
...know the rest of the saga... wrong e-mail, wrong phone number. And that's all. It seems embarrassing - almost - that two intelligent women approaching their thirties, with more than 10 years (combined) of higher education, and highly demanding media careers, were duped one Wednesday night at their favorite bar... which perfectly illustrates that they are more vulnerable than they originally thought...
...through was bustling, and service was a tad slow. I busied myself preparing my Coke and was impressed by the expansive diameter of the straws - excellent for quenching a powerful thirst like the one had I built up in a hectic, bleary morning. After five or 10 minutes, my number, 99, was called. I was supplied generously with all the ketchup I needed for my fries, and took my red plastic tray over to an out-of-the-way-table...