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...sabes what it's like to have a child at 15 and then, 12 years later, despues de todo lo que has hecho, have her drop out? Her Big Sister didn't do nothing--do you know her, Evelyn or something? Gracias a Dios Nana got bored and went back, but she flunked...So Maritza, you better do what your Big Sister tells you, you hear...
...diseases and puts it all down in writing, for the lawyers. Precoital tristesse, in short. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? O.K. But remember that in 1989, summer days are apt to be murky with smog, uncomfortably hot thanks to the greenhouse effect and filled with lo-cal sequels...
...quick mix of E.T. and Beach Blanket Bingo. But it's really a revved-up tribute to postwar Hollywood style: the vulgar vitality, the supersaturated colors, the new aristocracy of teen taste. Gaud is in the details here. A glimpse in Valerie's refrigerator reveals a package of lo-cal Pop-Tarts; the movie is a hi-cal Pop-Tart to go. At the Deca Dance disco, a teenybopper flashes past wearing earrings cut from American Express cards. "They're my dad's," she confides in a gag that doesn't waste a millisecond of screen time...
...vegetable noodles, however, were an overwhelming hit. The noodles were a bit thinner and crisper than standard Lo Mein fare, but the difference was appealing. Generous portions of scallions and mushrooms and lightly fried chicken rounded out the meal, and complemented the Molson well...
...lo and behold: the Rust Bowl is resurgent. Thanks largely to a weakened dollar, which makes imports more expensive and American goods cheaper overseas, the output of U.S. factories rose 4.2% last year, twice the 1986 increase. Marching proudly under the MADE IN THE U.S.A. banner, companies are boosting their exports and winning back domestic sales lost to imports. Says Peter Jordan, an economist at Data Resources, a consulting firm: "American manufacturing is undergoing a major renaissance." In fact, business is so strong that some firms may soon face a shortage of capacity to handle the soaring demand...