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...alliances. Viewers will watch webisodes for free, but the fledgling company hopes to strike deals for video games, books and TV series, and is working on the apotheosis of today's superhero: theme-park rides. The company has signed with Acme City, a website owned by TIME's parent company, Time Warner. And in a particularly odd cross-media teaming, Lee will create print comics and webisodes starring the Backstreet Boys. (Dare we dream of a death match with 'N Sync?) "There's a lot of females in our audience," says Boy Nick Carter, "and [comics are] a really cool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Look Up On The Net! It's...Cyber Comics | 2/14/2000 | See Source »

...prevent real dangers like the ones my friend's son faced, it's critical to get to know other parents and clarify your concerns before your child visits. Margaret Sagarese, co-author of The Roller-Coaster Years, suggests this icebreaker: confess that you're struggling with a certain child-safety issue, and ask the other parent how she deals with it. "I know what you mean" is an encouraging response. "I don't know what you're talking about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Other Kids' Rules | 2/14/2000 | See Source »

During this phase, you'll do well to choose your battles carefully. It's silly to expect all parents to share your rules. Says Wolf: "That doesn't even happen in a two-parent family." (Memo to father of 10-year-old girl I know, irked when daughter gleefully watched forbidden The Spy Who Shagged Me at friend's birthday party: It's hardly a matter of physical danger or moral corruption, so give it a rest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Other Kids' Rules | 2/14/2000 | See Source »

Even when you think another parent is simpatico, problems are bound to arise. Sagarese recalls a sticky situation several years ago when her preteen daughter planned to ride to soccer practice with a friend and the friend's brother, who'd just got his driver's license. "I had to tell the other mother, 'I just have a thing about teenage drivers, so I'd rather take her myself.'" A hidden bonus: her daughter learned to handle the humiliation of a hands-on mom early on, so now she expects Sagarese to check in with her friends' parents--and behaves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Other Kids' Rules | 2/14/2000 | See Source »

Latzanakis may lose his affiliation with Dunkin' Donuts because he said the parent corporation wants to renovate the store immediately instead of waiting for a deal which might not come through...

Author: By Jonathan F. Taylor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dunkin' Donuts, Bow Will Stay Open for Now | 2/8/2000 | See Source »

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