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Consider the contrast between two suburbs of St. Louis. In upscale Clayton, Mo., the after-school menu is crowded with leagues and summer-camp activities ranging from baseball and martial arts to tennis and volleyball. But travel 15 minutes northwest to Clayton's working-class neighbor, the town of Jennings. There the recreation department is understaffed, lacks a gymnasium and relies largely on local public schools and other facilities, creating transportation problems that keep many kids sidelined. "There are some definite barriers," says Cindy Tharp, director of recreation in Jennings. "But if parents want to get their child involved, they...
They know, for example, that most airlines have senior discounts for travelers age 62 or older, primarily in the form of coupon booklets good for four one-way or two round-trip segments. All four coupons can usually be used for one round trip to Hawaii. Northwest's senior coupon booklet costs $560; Delta's and American's are $596. The greatest savings with these coupons occur if you have to fly at the last minute or if you want to fly to several cities on one trip rather than make a straightforward round trip--two scenarios for which...
Coober Pedy, the Opal capital of Australia, is about 525 miles north-northwest of Adelaide. You fly there on a little 19-seater plane that stops first at a uranium-mining town called Olympic Dam, a cluster of machinery and huts in absolute flatness--red desert all around. As soon as you get out of the plane (which has to refuel), you are assailed by millions of flies. The fly biomass of central Australia must be 10 times the biomass of humans or kangaroos. You at once start doing the irritable wave of the hand known as the outback salute...
Just in time for the summer travel season: higher air fares. Four major carriers -- Continental, American, Northwest and U.S. Airways -- announced a 4 percent hike in their standard domestic leisure rates over the Memorial Day weekend. If, as expected, other carriers follow suit, this third raise for 1999 will zoom fares to an 11 percent increase for the year. It?s a function of classic demand in the midst of a booming economy, says TIME senior economic reporter Bernard Baumohl: "Airlines are experiencing record high traffic by passengers, which has been pumped up by low unemployment, consumer confidence...
...involved in fights or gangs because they know someone is always watching. They are less embarrassed to discuss problems with teachers. They have better attendance, lower dropout rates and more participation in extracurricular activities. "It doesn't matter what category you measure," says Kathleen Cotton, a researcher at the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory in Portland, Ore. "Things are better in smaller environments. Shy kids, poor kids, the average athletes--they all are made to feel like they...