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...painful detail, Kozol describes such inner-city schools as Morris High in the South Bronx, where water cascades down the stairways when it rains, and Chicago's Du Sable High, where the chemistry teacher uses a popcorn popper as a Bunsen burner. Kozol juxtaposes these images with descriptions of the luxurious facilities in nearby wealthy suburbs like Winnetka, north of Chicago. Its New Trier High has, among other things, seven gyms, rooms for fencing, wrestling and dance instruction, and an Olympic-size pool...
...only at Los Angeles as the symbol of overdevelopment but also at the increasing number of escapees from L.A., whose arrival is regarded as a threat to small-town ways. When Cornelius Deasy, 72, left L.A. to retire there and applied for water-drawing rights to irrigate his new popcorn farm, his neighbors were enraged. "We were the Ugly Americans," he recalls with a smile. When the newcomers themselves join the slow-growth movement -- as they increasingly tend to do -- they wind up getting rapped by both sides in disputes. Long-term residents resent them for coming in the first...
Berry has initiated special theme days such as Ballpark Day, when HDS employees served up franks, peanuts and popcorn, and Deli Day, when students were treated to fresh corned beef and pastrami...
...guilty, too. My Reeses Peanut Butter Cups are jamming our landfills. The exhaust from my Nissan is polluting our air and contaminating our seas. My large popcorn and medium Coke coat the floors of movie theaters across the country. I am a relentless consumer. I have created this world of plastic products and disposable containers. I shower under water warmed by fossil fuels and I keep my hands warm with the wool of a sheep and the smooth skin of a once-lovely deer. I write for a newspaper that reels of 4000 copies a day. My trash can bulges...
...each donated $500,000 to a USO fund that will spend some of the money to build mobile entertainment centers for the troops. Dubbed the USOasis, these vehicles contain large-screen TVs, VCRs, stereo systems, and cellular phones, so that soldiers can call home. The final touch: popcorn machines...