Word: ages
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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NAME: BETTE, FORMERLY "THE ROSE" AGE: 53 OCCUPATION: Singer, used to act in movies BEST PUNCH: Finally taking the stage after midnight, Midler took a thinly veiled swipe at Cher's canned performance, quipping, "I feel like Grace Jones, except I'm singin' live, babe...
...games! I play a lot of them on my computer, and my current favorite is Age of Empires: the Rise of Rome (Microsoft; $24.95). The original game is more than a year old, but the "expansion pack" that was released a few months ago is shamefully addictive. It's a strategy game: you start out in the Stone Age, and if you manage your resources correctly--building armies, collecting wood, harvesting food--you can progress all the way to ancient Roman times. Just the right amount of strategy and terrific graphics of stuff blowing...
...reminder that good technology does not have to be digital is L.L. Bean's "burrito bag," which we gave the kids for Hanukkah. It solves the age-old problem of being too hot or too cold in a sleeping bag by including a fold-out fleece liner. I want one for myself (hint to coffee-table-desiring wife...
...leaders followed a disturbing pattern of capitalism and of the American Century, in which ruthlessness, selfishness, corporate raiding and Darwinian business practices were rewarded. Sadly, if this trend continues, we may find ourselves at a loss for the true visionaries who make the progress of civilization possible. EROL GULAY, AGE 15 Locust Valley...
...antismoking as they come, but what they're doing in Florida--arresting teens for smoking--is ludicrous [NATION, Dec. 7]. Being close to the age of some of the young offenders, I can say the new law wouldn't stop me either. It is ridiculous to think that just for being caught smoking three times, kids under 18 can have their license revoked. There are drunk drivers on the road who have been caught more times than that and still continue to drive. The witch-hunt for smokers has gone too far. MIRIELLE PETITJEAN Columbia...