Word: addresses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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About half of all families today are marked by multiple marriages and mingled surnames. Parents and children no longer necessarily share a family name. Schools cope by sending mail addressed "To the parents of..." But without Mr. and Mrs., how should children address adults...
...Braille that translates tales of American violence from Charles Reznikoff's poetry book Testimony: the United States, 1885-1915: recitative. Down the walls, bright fuchsia powder, with its overtones of toxic waste, falls from tanks hidden in the ceilings. The artist's recorded voice whispers Lincoln's second Inaugural Address, with its moving call for healing during the savagery of the Civil War, but it too is interpreted, spelled out in the phonetic alphabet used by pilots (Alfa for a, Bravo for b), making it nearly impossible to fathom...
Suddenly ecotourism is the new global orthodoxy--a panacea to save threatened environments, address poverty and salve the conscience of well-heeled travelers, as well as satisfy a growing thirst for closer contact with nature. Groups such as the World Wide Fund for Nature, Earthwatch and Discovery Initiatives now share the jungle and savannah with more conventional operators. Major travel companies, hotels and airlines have jumped on the bandwagon with scores of environmentally friendly initiatives. "Consumers are currently very sensitive to the environment, and you've got to take that into account," says Jacques Maillot, CEO of Nouvelles Frontieres, France...
...BEHAVE! Can't control your kids? A slew of new state laws took effect last week that might make it easier. Louisiana is mandating politeness by requiring students to address teachers as "Sir" or "Ma'am." Utah teens are barred from driving between midnight and 5 a.m. To stop South Dakota children from smoking, the police can now fine them. And parents in Indiana and Tennessee must preapprove all body piercing...
...What caused me to write Harvard officials was [the site owner] got a year-book picture of my sister, who was 17 years old at the time, all sorts of suggestive, derogatory remarks about her and the address of my parents," said John Vranesvich, who ran the rival site, AntiOnline.com...