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...babies settled in with the Allens, the couple took pains not to alienate Wecker, entitled by California law to rescind the placement for any reason within 90 days. Still, the Allens became uneasy when Wecker hinted she wanted money from them to finance her divorce. Wecker says she was developing doubts about the Allens because Johnson told her that they had bounced a $4,000 check...
...Vickie and Richard Allen of San Bernardino, Calif., who won the human lottery. They have an adopted son and wanted to complete their family. Vickie, a bookkeeper, sold the diamond from her engagement ring to help raise the $6,000 Johnson demanded. In October the couple signed a "placement agreement" with Wecker and filed it with the state to start the six-month check of the Allens' suitability. None of the Allens' $6,000 was supposed to go to Wecker as a direct payment, since baby selling is illegal. But the law does permit reimbursement for expenses, like medical costs...
...pass through the gates to the main area where all the concert stages and concession stands are. The City of Rock. Actually, it turns out not to be a city at all but a rather ordinary-looking festival site, albeit larger than most. The festival is all about product placement, advertising and naked commerce. Huge billboards sprout up from the walls around the festival, signs for GE and Nextel, Direct TV and Polaroid 'I-Zone' cameras, and one desperately commercial sign in which a brand of Brazilian beer seems to be ejaculating its contents. Outside the walls hundreds of local...
...very idea of erecting an erasable surface for the explanation of concepts goes far beyond aesthetics. Its dual names--blackboard, chalkboard--reflect a changing emphasis on the surface and the tool of writing. From its size and placement, its inherent economy of scale, we intuit a notion of ideal class size: fifteen students can be taught as easily as one, but double or triple this and the precision of chalk-shapes becomes difficult to read...
...small plaque announcing that GE provides the lighting to light up Christ. I assume the plaque is referring to the statue and not the real guy. It would be a bit of a theological disappointment if the Star of Bethlehem turned out to be some sort of product placement thing...