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...still remember when I could swim in the ocean. That was before I came to Harvard. I had a lot of free time and much vivid contact with the environment in which I was raised. I could experience first-hand all the pleasures and troubles or urban life--the accessibility, the rush, the violence. The vastness of the sea and the threat of the city were both an exciting challenge and a fearful perturbation. Life was uncertain...
...most important thing," says Denis E. Black, manager at J. Press, a store which derives much business from outfitting Harvard corporate hopefuls. "The very first contact you have with a person is visual...
...Denhardt is proud of her new social network. While some folks become misanthropic as they age, most of us still crave human contact--especially at a time in our lives when it's harder to achieve. Children move away, spouses die and infirmities limit mobility. The Internet widens the reach of those with the resources and the gumption to get online...
...fell into online porn after discovering the glories of electronic direct marketing in the contact-lens business. "We were selling $1 million a year online," says Hirsch, "and I thought, if we're doing this well with contact lenses, imagine what we could do with adult entertainment." It was easy to find customers--Hirsch just trolled Usenet for e-mail addresses. And it was easier still to find women to work in his facility. Most are former exotic dancers who were sick of the daily bump and grind and find the frictionless economy of the Internet a welcome relief...
...People loved it," she said. "I think it was the human contact...