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...company in retail - the country's second largest industry, employing some 25 million Americans - those are about the most depressing words you can hear. And millions of Americans are now on the same page. Consider Maria Calderon, a single mother of two in Greenacres, Fla., who works for the Palm Beach County public defender's office. Two months ago, she lost a second, part-time job that had helped pay the bills. She soon surrendered to the gods of credit-card debt. She visited a West Palm Beach credit-counseling service to deal with some $20,000 in unpaid bills...
...Frugal Life I commend Nancy Gibbs for using her column to state what we are unlikely to hear from any elected official: that thrift is an important virtue and that our failure to practice it has helped bring on the current economic collapse [Oct. 13]. Those who lived through the Great Depression endured a scare that prompted them to scrimp and save, something the current generation does not do. Now Americans generally believe they are entitled to whatever they want without regard to whether they can afford it. The list of what we have come to consider necessities would stun...
...will run until the first weekend in November. Friday, Oct. 24 at 8:00 p.m. New College Theatre, $8 4) Classical How many times have you heard a legendary Indian Classical singer with a range of three and a half octaves? That’s what we thought. Go hear a live concert by Pandit Jasraj and escape to India for the night. Friday, Oct. 24. 8:00 p.m. Kresge Auditorium, MIT, $20 5) A Spooky Menagerie We’re sure pets, like college students, don’t want to miss out on being stuffed into costumes this...
...brandished his cigars, a habit he says he picked up on a movie set from Arnold Schwarzenegger. ("Jeh-see," he intones in a convincing Terminator imitation, "have a sto-gie.") On the hustings, Ventura regularly told audiences what pollsters could have warned him they didn't want to hear. At a rally at the University of Minnesota, he reminded students that he opposed expanding government subsidies for college tuition. "If you're smart enough to be here," he roared, "you're smart enough to get through it," meaning college. "Have we become that dependent on government?" When his opponents, once...
...same without you." McGraham's sister Susanne was touched. "So many times when my family would go to see John, our hearts would be filled with so much sadness. My children would feel sad that we were leaving him all alone. I'm very grateful to hear that he was not alone, that his life had an effect on so many people in the neighborhood...