Word: ohio
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With Kay Denhardt, the reasons for getting online were not financial; they were physical. Four years ago, she had surgery for a brain tumor. Afterward, Denhardt, now 56, wanted information she couldn't find in her hometown of Newark, Ohio. "It was really hard for me at first after surgery," Denhardt says. "I had memory problems. I lost my hearing, and some of my face atrophied. Doctors don't tell you about things like that." When her daughter Teresa moved home to help, she introduced her mom to the Internet. Denhardt searched the Web, learning about new drugs and joining...
Like Kamen, Jerry Firman, 62, got acquainted with computers years ago. But when he sold his weekly Ohio newspaper, the Coshocton Free Enterpriser, he was looking for a new sense of community. He had taken up residence in an RV and loved the freedom but felt rootless. His solution: to build communities online. Through Third Age, an online site for seniors, Firman founded a chat room called Butt Out, which offers support for seniors trying to stop smoking. He joined another called the Novel Approach, where 16 regulars critique one another's manuscripts...
...cause for this uncertainty? In the words ofone Ohio representative's assistant, "you dancewith those that brung you," meaning that everyrepresentative other than Joe Kennedy must ignoreeven Harvard if a constituent institution says...
...What's good for Harvard is often what's goodfor Ohio State, Williams and Smith," says TerryHartle, spokesperson for ACE. And from thisrealization springs a better way for highereducation to lobby...
...believe that publisher Larry Flynt should be able to open his hard-core-pornography store in Cincinnati, Ohio [LAW, April 20]. I mean, we have nudity everywhere possible. It is practically a requirement for making a successful movie. Billboards everywhere show partial nudity. Nowadays nothing is considered obscene. People should worry less about pornography stores and start concentrating on how to prevent things like the shootings in Jonesboro, Ark. DHVANI DESAI North Brunswick...