Word: modeling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...themselves entertaining the opposite thought, that we have all become so heedless and self-regarding that we can no longer be relied upon to make moral judgments. This summer James Dobson, the Christian radio broadcaster, was all but calling for a new American people to replace the defective present model. Before the Clinton-Lewinsky-Starr thing is over, it will have pushed conservatism into an oddball neo-Platonism, one that envisions an ideal "American people" of whom the real ones are just a shabby reminder...
...withstand the pressure, but to act like a hero for at least one baseball season. If he did it a little stiffly, you have to wonder this: Who would feel natural with 10,000 bulbs flashing as he worked? And would you want that person as a role model for your kids? Stiffness, it turns out, can be incredibly genuine...
...computer, she goes to Boscov's, her trusted, local department store in Reading, Pa., and buys the cheapest box she can find. Usually she buys something that's been returned and refurbished, though covered under a new one-year warranty. The machine she selects is invariably last year's model. As such, it has plummeted in price--sometimes as much as 50%. Her machine is hardly obsolete: it does what mine does, though somewhat slower. (Her kids are grown; she has time.) She can browse the Web on a 56-K modem, listen to music on modest speakers, play games...
Here's where Mom is way smarter than her Baby Bear: in a few months, she'll take out an ad in the newspaper and sell her two-year-old machine for $600. Then she'll go to Boscov's and buy last year's model for $800 (or less.) Her M.O. is to get a great PC every year or two while never spending more than $300. Now, you might not be lucky enough to live near a Boscov's--but the principle is sound. Go to a local department store or another outlet that you trust to take...
...year-old adult who has only recently discovered the attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder model. It completely explains so many lifelong obstacles and difficulties and some successes. I believe that I most certainly would have benefited from this tool of chemical therapy during my childhood. It could have greatly diminished the emotional turmoil suffered by me, my parents and my siblings. My advice to parents today: consider all options; keep looking for solutions until you find something that works for you. ERIK CLARK Myersville...