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...immigrant from Guyana, she lives in Bethesda, Md., and admits that she spoils her sons with electronics, even though she wishes she didn't. Still, she sees the war being fought all around her and counts the ways she has not surrendered. Some neighbors rented their son a limo to go to the prom. It seated 24. "My kids are in a county-run math camp that costs less than $200 for the entire three weeks. My sons' best friend is at golf camp for $4,000. I'm always fighting peer pressure with my sons...
...also helped that the Blackmans worked every possible angle in pushing their investigation. A friend of Tim's who had once worked as an airport limo driver in London had given several rides to Sir Richard Branson, legendary founder of Virgin Enterprises. The driver phoned Sir Richard's office and, a few days later, Virgin offered to help the Blackmans open a Tokyo office for their investigation...
...even more ego gratifying than being kissed by models was rejecting people. One guy brought six models and promised to buy a bottle of champagne. I sent him back to his stretch limo. I shooed away a man who called himself Papa and tried to stuff a $50 in my palm. I sent home a Wall Street guy who kept offering to "take care of me" and making me look at his date. And I couldn't say yes to the guy with a bandage on his nose who wanted a sympathy ticket for his "deviated septum" surgery. I turned...
Except for the scenic route taken from the airport by their limo driver and an inspiring visit to Ellis Island, Sean Campion and Conleth Hill still haven't seen much of New York City. And since this is their first visit to the U.S., they're a bit overwhelmed. That is not to say the place is entirely new to them. "You're so familiar with the city from movies and TV that you feel like you've been here before," says Campion. Adds Hill: "All my terms of reference for New York are television. Where would Rhoda and Brenda...
...priorities has a surface gloss of stylishness also. Call it thrifty chic. Penny pinching is back in vogue, even among the rich. Jackie O. shops at the Gap. Christie Brinkley wears plain white men's T shirts. Outside B.J.'s Wholesale Club in Medford, Mass., a white stretch limo waits at the curb while its passengers roam the cavernous discount warehouse. At Tom's Barber Shop in Jacksonville, lawyers and executives sit down next to truckers and shipyard workers for a $6 trim. At Deja Vu, a Palm Beach boutique that sells used designer clothes, women who once sent their...