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...often wish that I still had my own room at home. There's something unequivocally splendid, even necessary, about having one's own space to think, unclouded by the marching and intruding presence of others. Since recently moving into a humming extended household consisting of various aunts and cousins in numbers double the size of my own immediate family, I have come to lament not having my own private room...
...channels or computer video games or cute little frogs hawking Budweiser on a Website. Nowadays 66% of families watch television at mealtimes, 54% of children have a set in their bedroom and the average family has the TV on seven hours a day, or nearly half of a household's waking hours. Allison Smith, a substitute teacher in Houston with two daughters, 5 and 6, says, "I grew up in the Brady Bunch era, and my parents didn't worry about how much TV I watched, and I watched a lot. TV was just not an issue. Today there...
...legacy includes 517 missions in 100 countries, and a near 30-year history of inspiring people around the world. It was only when a British television documentary profiled the Calcutta nun in 1969 that donations and volunteers began to flood in, and Mother Teresa became a household name. Ten years later she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. "She was not a publicity seeker," said Ostling. "But in terms of public image, there is nobody comparable to her." Her tireless efforts have enriched the lives of the poor; today, the world itself is much poorer for her passing...
...want to leave. Some, fearing they will never be able to return, cannot quite believe their old life is gone. Others refuse to budge until the government compensates them for their losses. Montserrat officials asked the British government to pay evacuees $14,800 for each head of household, $11,111 for each additional adult and $7,407 for each child, but islanders complain that even this is not enough to make a fresh start in a foreign land. Many are getting bills for mortgages on homes that no longer exist, and their debts are mounting. "What are we supposed...
...motion the revolution called the personal computer by making it "user friendly" to the masses. Jobs didn't invent the machine; his partner Steve Wozniak was the real engineer. But Jobs understood before anyone else the key to transforming the computer from a geek's expensive toy into a household appliance. Instead of writing commands in computerese, Macintosh owners used a mouse to point and click on easily identifiable icons on the screen--a trash can and a file folder. Jobs also paired the laser printer with the computer, thus sparking the desktop-publishing revolution. "We started...