Word: playground
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...horde of old-looking children in undercover sting operations in stores across the country. Starting August 28, the agency will also introduce a ban on vending machines in spots where underage teens are allowed, will block outdoor cigarette ads within 1,000 feet of a school or public playground and forbid the sale of "loosies" or single cigarettes. Charging that the FDA does not have the authority to regulate the industry, tobacco companies are challenging the rules in a North Carolina court
...guinea pigs. Without making any clear diagnosis, it is clear that many of today's children have trouble interacting with peers and staying on task. These are not deliberately mischievous, and they are not in need of a chemical or genetic makeover. They are vibrant contributors to the playground and the snack table, and they are not the enemy...
Those who lack that ability can venture instead to the Mall, where the Inaugural Committee has arranged two days of free music, entertainment and food under the eight big tents. At the Technology Playground, visitors can contribute to the Inaugural Webumentary and send E-mail to the Clintons and Gores on 100 computer terminals; Elmo and Bill Nye "the Science Guy" will perform for kids at the Millennium Schoolhouse nearby, and over at the American Journey Pavilion, up to 3,000 Americans can listen to others tell the story of their personal journeys, a kind of civics class...
...Rupert Murdoch and Ted Turner If the world of telecommunications were a playground, the two moguls would be given a timeout. Irked that the Fox News Network wasn't on the Time Warner cable system in New York, Murdoch called in the friendly muscle of Mayor Rudy Giuliani, used his New York Post newspaper to question Turner's sanity, and hired a blimp to fly over Turner's Braves during the World Series with the message, ted, play baseball, not monopoly. Turner, for his part, continually rants about Murdoch, once comparing him to "the late Fuhrer." A far better tack...
After their nine-month-old son Jonathan died of spinal muscular atrophy in 1995, the Barzachs organized a project to build a half-acre, wheelchair-accessible playground with the help of legions of volunteers and dozens of religious groups, companies and nonprofit organizations. Says Peter: "Jonathan's very short life had a meaning. This playground has a purpose for other people...