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...fraternities and sororities...you're saturating college culture," Workman says. "In a city, it's much easier to adapt to the adult norm...and you don't have the bar owners who are reliant on the need to sell to college students...
What's most revealing here is not the gifts themselves--although it is hard to picture one adult giving another a sofa--but how horrified people were at the very suggestion that Hillary would lean on supporters to furnish her house. The Clintons have long dismissed the criticism of those in the vast right-wing conspiracy whom they don't respect. But how do you dismiss the views of those you do respect--who insist you would never sink so low, until they are silenced by proof of your grasping...
...million Americans continue to smoke. More than 60% are obese or overweight--20 years ago, it was 47%. One in four Americans gets no regular exercise at all. Perhaps 25% of the populace consumes the recommended minimum of five servings a day of fruits and vegetables. The incidence of adult-onset (or Type 2) diabetes, having jumped 33% from 1990 to 1998, climbed an additional 6% in 1999, according to a report released last week by the CDC. Health experts worry that if present trends continue, the incidence of cancer could increase and the death rate from heart disease--which...
...Girls' clothes started getting sexier about two years ago," says Jaime Williams, a manager at a branch outside Chicago. "Basically, everybody wants to be a princess. Not like the ones in fairy tales, but a hot princess like Britney." In Manhattan, designer boutiques like Betwixt and Infinity sell adult labels at adult prices in Alice-in-Wonderland sizes. A pair of Diesel jeans at Betwixt costs $70, and a pony-hair dress at Infinity costs $205. "Age-appropriate behavior is something we've lost sense of," says Joan Jacobs Brumberg, the author of The Body Project. "It's appropriate...
...just read your contrasting articles on the dignified Laura Bush [NATION, Jan. 8] and her ambitious, material-girl predecessor, Hillary Clinton. It's great to know there's going to be at least one adult in the White House again. BOB PUTMAN Schaumburg...