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...America's mom," as Rolling Stone once heralded her, has spent the last 30 years fighting for the welfare and protection of all American children...

Author: By Tara H. Arden-smith, | Title: 'America's Mom' Battles to Promote Welfare of Children | 6/9/1993 | See Source »

...year-old daughter (Mercedes Ruehl), ! whom the mother has contrived to keep in a state of childish dependency; and a rebel son (Richard Dreyfuss), who has become a gangster: confine just these three most colorful members of the Kurnitz family in a small space (the apartment above Mom's candy store in Yonkers, circa 1942), and claustrophobia begins to itch at one's soul. Add a couple of lively boys, Jay and Arty (Brad Stoll and Mike Damus), forced by circumstances to live with Grandma for the worst part of a year. All are damaged in less than amusing ways...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lost In Ambition | 5/24/1993 | See Source »

...drink of choice for young children, one of nature's most perfect foods. Sure, it's a little heavy on fat, but to Americans at least, a tall glass of milk remains an icon of health, nutrition and clean-cut values -- the drink Mom pours for you when she serves her apple pie. No wonder, then, that the ground seemed to tremble a bit in the nation's capital last week when the biotechnology industry faced off with consumer advocates over a matter of concern to every U.S. household: Do new high-tech production methods threaten the safety of American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Udder Insanity! | 5/17/1993 | See Source »

...owned and operated by African Americans. That should not seem surprising in a predominantly black neighborhood, but in fact almost all the grocery stores in the area are owned by Korean Americans, a situation that has become increasingly politically charged. "This is black people doing something for ourselves," says Mom & Pop manager Myra Allen of the alcohol- free shop, which was funded with $500,000 from Los Angeles' Brotherhood Crusade Black United Fund Inc. "We always talk about what we are going to do and never do it. This time we're doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gospel of Equity | 5/10/1993 | See Source »

...Angeles, where convenience stores are as common as palm trees, the opening of yet another one would normally attract little attention. But in the burned-out zones of South Central, where the riots began just over a year ago, the grand opening of the Mom & Pop community convenience store was seen as a major event...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gospel of Equity | 5/10/1993 | See Source »

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