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...need help with my homework while my mom's at work," she says. "When there's not Keylatch, she says try first and then she'll help...

Author: By Sarah E. Scrogin, | Title: Someone They Can Trust | 3/1/1993 | See Source »

Counselor Joan Klaric, who took his call, suggested that she phone 911 for him, but the boy refused. "My mom would get mad at me," he said. With a little encouragement from Klaric, the boy finally climbed out of his temporary fortress and sneaked out of the house through a side door, whispering all the while on a cordless phone. Did he know a neighbor who might be willing to walk through the house and check for an intruder? Klaric asked as the boy hugged the phone outside. He thought of a retired man. "Would you like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hello? I'm Home Alone . . . | 3/1/1993 | See Source »

...hilarious are combined. Asked by an embarrassed sixth-grade girl to explain what condoms are for, an elderly volunteer answered delicately, "It's something a man wears to protect a lady." Replied the girl: "From what?" On another occasion a little girl asked volunteer Dorie Beaumont, "What if your mom meets your dad at a bar, has drinks and comes home and beats you up?" Beaumont recalls, "She seemed so calm. I was trying to stay calm. Suddenly she yelled, 'Here she comes!' I heard this awful scream, and the phone slammed down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hello? I'm Home Alone . . . | 3/1/1993 | See Source »

Well, The Crimson found this lard idea a little hard to swallow, and my mom suggested that maybe when I came home for Thanksgiving she'd invite our neighbor, the psychiatrist, over for dinner. I got the hint, so I gave up on the idea...

Author: By Jon A. Bresman, | Title: The Collective Editorial of Rice | 2/20/1993 | See Source »

...take things too seriously. After one date, Harvard students are supposed to know whether or not they want relationships. God forbid a second date with someone we're still not sure we want to take home to Mom...

Author: By Adam D. Taxin, | Title: Whining and Dining Your Date | 2/20/1993 | See Source »

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