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...term alpha consumer, and she's the closest thing the trend business has to a founder. She's been doing it since 1986, back when we thought leg warmers were cool. She has streaky blond hair, oblong glasses and a sunny, irresistible smile. She looks like the fun, cool mom you never had. Zandl doesn't give out her exact age (fortysomething is the most she'll cop to), but she is almost certainly the oldest person in America who regularly uses "holla back" at the end of her e-mails...
WHAT IT LED TO: Fertility drugs, fertility clinics, the 65-year-old mom, the McCaughey septuplets, egg donors, embryo rights, embryo custody battles...
...Personal Computer The PC brought a mind-blowing surge of processing power to corporate worker bees as well as to Mom, Dad and the kids at home. Whereas bulky mainframes took up whole rooms, PCs sat on a desk. In 1981 IBM introduced its first model, which ran a disc-operating system developed by Microsoft. Three years later, Apple unveiled the far friendlier Macintosh. The competition has spurred improvements, although it has also vexed consumers who just want a computer that works--and does everything...
Char told me that my grandmother Mama Ann was going to fall and break something. And that my mom should get herself checked for cancer. And that my co-worker Romesh Ratnesar had "success around him," which I think just meant she followed our Iraq coverage. Char told me, three times, that despite the fact that neither Cassandra nor I ski, "I see you two on a ski trip." And Char said that if my friend Adam Sachs has any premonitions about a terrorist attack to get the hell out of New York City. I foresee Adam spending much...
...Parmesan cheese and basmati rice, may be restricted to their regions of origin [Aug. 18]. Say it isn't so! What about French fries, Spanish omelets, Bermuda onions, Danish pastry and Belgian waffles? Will hamburgers come only from Hamburg? And frankfurters only from Frankfurt? And what will become of Mom's apple pie? Esor Ben-Sorek Rishon Letziyon, Israel...