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...developments stunned the kids' parents. Says Sandy Morris, Brad's mom: "Our first response was, 'Oh, yes, isn't that nice. But the kids kicked us in the behind and taught us something. Adults get complacent and think tragedies like Sudan are too far off to do anything about. But children don't get overwhelmed by the big picture. They just say, 'Go for it!'" Says Alphonso McDonald, 9, who emptied his penny jar regularly: "I was shocked that the grownups weren't doing anything about this...
...most theaters at this time of year. Tchaikovsky's romantic score has been replaced by the blunt, insistent boom of a drummer pounding out rhythms on a plastic bucket. Marie, the little girl who dreams of journeying to unknown lands, has become Miesha, the knowing offspring of a single-mom family, while her godfather Drosselmeyer, though still endowed with magical powers, also plays trumpet like Miles Davis and does a mean MC Hammer imitation...
...Basically he ran the kitchen in union dinner houses," Tom recalls. "Places with a net-and-nautical theme, with bamboo barstools and a dirty, disgusting kitchen." Early on, the boy learned the vagabond independence an actor needs. "I thought nothing of getting on the bus and visiting Mom four or five times a year...
...home user, there are basically two ways to buy a computer: my way and my mom's way. Since this is my column, I'll tell you my way first. As the tech columnist for the nation's pre-eminent newsweekly, I naturally need the biggest, fastest, scariest computer in the land. And since my company is buying, damn the expense. I require video and 3-D cards to run the coolest games...er, spreadsheets; at least 96 megabytes of RAM so I can keep half a dozen programs open at once; a 17-in. monitor...
...mom's reckoning. Frankly, she's more experienced at buying computers than I am. I'll bet, though, that I've spent 10 times as much as she has. Here's why: when Mom wants a 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...