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Fortunately it was summertime, school wasn't an issue, and I was able to reach a compromise with the parents: I would go to bed early, get all the hours of sleep a growing boy needed, and then get up in time for the movie by setting my alarm clock. Basically my parents sympathized, so it wasn't that hard to strike a deal; my father was as movie-mad as myself, sometimes taking us to two or three double features in a single week. (I used to feel sorry for other kids when I talked about Clint Eastwood...
...excited I don't know how I got to sleep. But I did, and by six o'clock, too. Kids are sleepy, I realize (now that I have one of my own). The alarm, which I'd triple-checked for accuracy and reliability, woke me at 11:20. I quietly got out of bed and dragged a blanket with me into the living room. I turned on the TV which (thank God) still worked. But could the TV Guide have been wrong? It seemed inconceivable, but I wouldn't relax until I saw the opening title. I was the only...
Boike began the evening's festivities by singing the national anthem and finished off the night holding onto the ball as the clock...
...look at the events that transpired at one o'clock this past Sunday: Harvard coach Satinder Bajwa announces to a packed gallery that he is pleased to introduce this year's national finalists. First, he introduces Lefika Ragontse of Trinity, a native of Botswana who has wowed the crowd all weekend with his lightning speed and electric personality...
...Activated Universal Remote ($40) is his scepter. It controls up to four devices (TV, VCR, DVD player and stereo, for example), but you don't have to push any buttons. Just tell it to change the channel, and it will change the channel. It also has a built-in clock, a reading light and a voice recorder for storing toll-free numbers...