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...Never mind the fact that Cambridge is equipped with its own historical landmarks, theaters and neighborhoods. An anthology of tales about 8-hour organic chemistry labs, lunches in the Pit with preteen skinheads and idle afternoons lingering over coffee and croissants at Au Bon Pain, do not complete Harvard Summer School Experience make...
...habit of growing up. Anyone tuning in after a few years' absence to this week's final episode of The Cosby Show may get a shock. Theo (Malcolm-Jamal Warner), a junior-high student when the series began, is graduating from college. Vanessa (Tempestt Bledsoe), once a pudgy preteen, is in college too, and has weathered a broken engagement. Cute little Rudy (Keshia Knight Pulliam) has ceded the spotlight to a passel of even cuter, littler kids: Olivia, 6, stepdaughter of No. 2 daughter Denise (who is married but doesn't appear on the show) and two tykes who belong...
...much -- infidelity and divorce, the random death of a child, teen sex, Volare, bygone rock dances, a misbegotten camping trip -- and the two dozen-plus characters are mostly stereotypes and sketches. But the core story is believably specific and disconcertingly universal: the emergence of a friendship between two preteen girls, one black and one white, amid all the social influences that tend to divide them. Angela Goethals, 14, is affectingly sincere as the white narrator. As her friend, Chandra Wilson, who turns 22 this week, has wit and fire and the promise of major stardom. W.A.H...
...Martin's main strength is her ability to tap into the ways young girls think and feel about life. Her stories explore the spectrum of preteen challenges from sibling rivalry and peer pressure to the death of a grandparent and the arrival of a new stepparent. Divorce is a fairly constant theme. "That's on the minds of kids a lot," Martin says. The books also touch on issues of race and ethnicity. Baby-Sitter Claudia, for example, is Asian and a talented artist, but she has trouble academically. "We wanted to defy the stereotype that every Asian is brilliant...
...looks like a 9-in. cloth-covered ruler, but a quick downward flick will send it curling around your wrist. And before you can say Slap Wrap, you are wearing the newest preteen craze. The bracelet's manufacturer, Connecticut- based Main Street Toy, sells nearly 500,000 a week (retail price...