Word: notes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ground or cover themselves with pillows, blankets or mattresses. Their home was leveled to its concrete foundation, and all that remained was the stripped and battered hulk of one of Larry's collection of '57 Chevys. In the frantic search for survivors, someone tacked a note to the front door of Larry's antique-auto-parts store: "Larry, Joan and the boys, I pray to God you read this. I have a motor home and travel trailer... Call me and tell me you made it. I'll bring you a place to stay...
...than 40% of today's young adults had spent time in a single-parent home by age 16. Did the psychic toll produce latch-key basket cases or self-reliant survivors? Undoubtedly, both. In their coupling habits, Gen X is the "youngest copulating and oldest marrying generation ever recorded," note Strauss and Howe. Since 1970 the average marriage age has crept up from 23 to 27 for men and from 21 to 25 for women. For many, it signals caution born of pain. "If I marry, I will never get divorced," says Angel Gambino, a University of Oregon law student...
...sixth grade," says Laurel, who has spent the past five years studying the play patterns of girls at the critical age she calls "too old for dolls, too young for cosmetics." Her research is based on conversations with more than a thousand girls, who (boys, take note) were interviewed with their best friends in attendance in order to "keep them honest...
Using the U.S. CPI, $6,000,000 in 1924 has the same purchasing power as $52,333,955.39 in 1995. We must note, however, that critics of the CPI argue that it overstates inflation. Considering the overwhelming importance of our calculations, we must understand the error that accompanies them...
These contributions cannot be quantified monetarily, but University officials say they more than make up for any losses to the city in taxes. They also note that Harvard's tax-exempt status is critical to fulfilling its mission...