Word: setting
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...could share some of the experiences prized by others, then maybe others would accept him. It was effective--so much so that by the time he turned 16, Knight had earned the respect of his teammates and a contract with the Carlisle club. Life for the teenager was set. Or so it appeared...
Time magazine set off the process in its May 28 issues, which hit the news stands last Monday. In the department appropriately dubbed "Grapevines," the magazine printed that "rumors are swirling around Cambridge, Mass., about the imminent resignation" of Bok. "Many expect the news to come within weeks...
...decades, the French-speaking majority in Quebec has sought official recognition as a "distinct society" within the overwhelmingly English- speaking nation. Three years ago, at a meeting with the ten provincial premiers at Meech Lake in the Gatineau hills of Quebec, Mulroney devised a set of amendments that would finally satisfy the demands of the Quebecois and bring them to sign the national constitution "with honor and enthusiasm." But by last week the Meech Lake accord had turned a symbol of renewed division and intolerance between English- and French-speaking Canadians...
Network researchers suggest that viewers are just getting tired of pushing those buttons. Crazier things have happened. In 1975 Nielsen showed another alarming drop in viewership. Turned out the problem was the glue attaching the meters to the TV set. As the sets heated up, the glue cracked and the meters disconnected...
Still, there are no warranties on adoptions. Those who set out looking for perfect "designer" children are likely to be disappointed. Nor is it possible -- or even necessary -- to know everything about a child. "People shouldn't get the idea that they can't be parents unless they have a DNA profile of a kid," says Professor Joan Hollinger of the University of Detroit law school. Instead adoptive parents, armed with as much information as possible, should face the inevitable mysteries -- just as all parents...