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...gets too close, tastes are compared, as are family backgrounds, hopes and dreams. Much as sites such as Priceline and eBay encourage old-fashioned economic behavior--one bids, one negotiates, one doesn't pay retail--the dating sites serve as 19th century parlors where couples sit in chairs and chat. Even the word chat is slightly antique, recalling porch swings and glasses of iced...
...into this situation in the first place? When I set up accounts for my daughters last year, I put strict controls in place: e-mail only from people on their buddy lists, no chat rooms and no wandering around the Web. These things were automatically blocked under AOL's pre-set Kids settings. After a while, however, I upped their ratings to Young Teens because adding people to the buddy list every time they got an e-mail address from a friend was a pain. A few months ago, the girls started clamoring for Instant Messaging privileges--all their friends...
...happened in an AOL chat room. I, of all people, should have known enough to limit my daughter's travels online to the well-prescribed routes--the kid-friendly places that have sprung up like day-care centers along the I-way. But I was harried, busy, too preoccupied with other things to take the time to parse the muddled prose that explained how Parental Controls work on America Online. And so I left the door to the nursery wide open, as Zoe discovered the other day. She clicked on a button marked "People Connection," a collection of virtual rooms...
...Broadway Starbucks is a place where town and gown mingle. Students--from Harvard and the nearby Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School--dash in for a cup to go, while grad students and locals linger to read and chat...
Swindle, who is also a commissioner with the Federal Trade Commission, is an effective proselytizer for McCain's cause, according to the citizens who stopped to chat with...