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...middle of the store sits a cardboard box filled with oversize, bug-eyed sunglasses, straight from the ’70s. On shelves lining the walls are arrayed Marilyn Monroe lunchboxes and statuettes of Elvis Presley standing next to a Harley Davidson motorbike. Behind the counter, a shelf holds fancy hairbrushes, combs and perfumes that can usually be found only in Europe...
...extreme" pitch may be part of the appeal. "We live in confusing times," says Rabbi Gary Davidson of Temple Beth Shalom in Long Beach, Calif. "There's a high rate of divorce, crime, drugs, peer pressure, alienation, school violence. People want a foundation on which to build their lives." Add to this the regular tumults of adolescence, and you have a generation that wants answers...
...Rabbi Davidson points out that if there's a downside to turning to the media for finding one's spiritual satisfaction, it may be the risk of creating a sense of isolation. "It's positive that youth are searching for something in their lives, but if the search is done alone, it separates kids from a wider religious community. One beautiful aspect of religion is that you become part of a religious family...
...Harvard. Senior Nick Carter, mired in a season-long slump, was robbed of a run-scoring double when rightfielder James Lowe made a sparkling catch in the fifth. Camped out on third base later in the inning, freshman Schuyler Mann started home on a ball Brown starter Chris Davidson threw in the dirt, only to get caught in a rundown when the catcher recovered...
...between the U.S. and the European Union. In response to U.S. tariffs on steel imports, E.U. Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy said last month that he would target products manufactured in swing states that President Bush may need in order to win re-election. Orange juice from Florida and Harley-Davidson motorcycles from Wisconsin are reportedly on the list. But Kantor, now a Washington lawyer, isn't flattered. The E.U. action, he says, "is hypocritical...