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...throwing his name into the presidential or vice-presidential ring. What Powell chooses to do instead is continue to run America's Promise, his "crusade" to enlist corporations, government, nonprofit organizations and millions of citizens into giving every child at risk five things: an ongoing relationship with a caring adult, a safe place to go after school (most juveniles get in trouble between the hours of 3 and 8 p.m.), as well as a healthy start, a marketable skill and a chance to serve others...
...they ad-libbed much of their dialogue.) Ross also made one more request: she wanted the script's setting moved from Los Angeles to New York City so she could be closer to her children (she has two sons, Ross, 12, and Evan, 10, as well as three adult daughters, Rhonda, Tracee and Chudney...
...lovely, disaffected suite of "Hospital Song," "Army," "Your Redneck Past" and "Regrets." The subdued and heartfelt "Jane" transforms him into a breathy late-night lounge singer. Lit by utter honesty and padded with flugelhorns and violins, the album is conceived in sepia nostalgia and weary lucidity. There is an adult awareness beneath the band's play. This is the proof...
...must ask ourselves, What are we, as the adult community, going to do? Yes, the entertainment industry needs to stop selling mayhem to children. Yes, the gun industry needs to stop fighting to put a gun within everyone's reach. Yes, politicians need to look at these issues in a sincere and bipartisan effort and not just as divisive tools in campaigns. And yes, the media need to do more than use tragedies for headlines. But what responsibility are we as individuals going to accept...
...children also need us to help them develop good judgment in picking their way through the minefields in today's society. We need to stop treating them as miniature adults. It is better to give children a rule to break than to give them no rules at all. But parents need the support of the entire community. They need leaders and business owners to help them enforce the protections already in place, from theaters turning away kids from adult-rated movies to networks promoting the V chip. Parents need the community to come up with new protections, especially...