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...pleasure of this DVD set is watching Seinfeld and David add distinctive elements episode by seminal episode. (The abbreviated Seasons 1 and 2 are on one volume, and the full-length Season 3 on a second; $49.95 each. A $119.95 gift set comes with a script, Monk's Diner salt-and-pepper shakers and playing cards.) In the episode "The Baby Shower," the two weave separate story lines for each character. In "The Chinese Restaurant" they explore the possibilities of doing nothing, as the ensemble spends 22 minutes waiting for a table. Meanwhile, Jason Alexander finds George's note...
Debbie Norum, a program leader whose son went to a similar school, prepared the group for the visit. No gifts were allowed, she told them. "Your children need to understand that it is a privilege to live in your home and that you are the gift. This is not a vacation. This is the beginning of a lot of work." When the admonitions were finished, the lights were dimmed, and the syrupy melody of the Diana Ross ballad If We Hold On Together wafted through the room as Norum instructed the parents to form a circle, close their eyes...
...that large families are short-shrifted in part because they are becoming more rare. Six-member families now account for just 1.4% of all families in Italy, down from 3.5% in 1991. "The state needs to take the long view," Sberna says. "Large families are providing Italy with the gift of new life. And all we get in return are lots of nice words." Sberna's group has hooked up with a network of similar associations around Europe, including groups in Denmark, the Netherlands and Poland, to form a Continental lobby for large families. It plans to take its case...
...done is made everything accessible all over the place, but what is it that you can only get where you are, what makes your present moment feel more rich, deeper, more privileged?” Chris asks. He speaks of the “anonymity and gift-economy that’s created by hiding these messages throughout the city,” adding “you could walk into voyeuristically another person’s thoughts that are from a different space, a layer of history or experience...
...stem cells and want to urge you to help educate people instead of making this a divisive issue. Few people know that stem cells, like mine, are being thrown away every day at fertility clinics after patients have no use for their remaining embryos. Thrown away! Think of the gift we can give people through this research...