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...Apted recalls the genesis of the program: that Hewitt "wanted to examine the English class system, by which society or the class into which you were born really determined the opportunities you had in life." (Apted, 22 at the time, might have demurred - he was a lower-middle-class kid who got a scholarship to read history and the law at Cambridge - but he doesn't say if he did.) "We wanted to get a good cross-section of English society... the idea being that out of the mouths of seven-year-old children we might learn some truths about...
...From the start there was no question that music would be a big part of the series. Around 2001, when the Disney Channel started to catch on with its kid-driven family friendly shows like Lizzie McGuire and Kim Possible, executives realized that music was an important part of the formula for serving a tween audience. By sponsoring concerts and turning series leads into pop stars, they could launch music acts and beef up the show's brand. Walt Disney Records' 2003 release of Hillary Duff's album and soundtrack proved them right, followed by The Cheetah Girls, a music...
...pedestrians and their own passengers (while an average of 80% of drivers buckle up, only 68% of their rear-seat passengers do). And risk compensation is hardly confined to the act of driving a car. Think of a trapeze artist, suggests Adams, or a rock climber, motorcyclist or college kid on a hot date. Add some safety equipment to the equation - a net, rope, helmet or a condom respectively - and the person may try maneuvers that he or she would otherwise consider foolish. In the case of seat belts, instead of a simple, straightforward reduction in deaths, the end result...
...essay describes living in the “myopic, conservative town” of Stockton, Calif., where Zambrano attends the only public school in the district. The school boasts diversity and a growing Latino population, but Zambrano voices a different opinion. “I was a smart kid, I had good grades, but the attention was on the white kids in my class and I was left behind...
...There I was, holding the phone to my chest with one hand, splicing coils of smoke with the other. I imagined him down in Charleston sitting on the arm of his couch, dangling his feet. There he was, waiting for this college kid to come back on the phone and finish her interview so that, finally, he could untie his mask, let loose his hair, and hit the town...