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...stance. Politics were always subordinate to family, a message reinforced by the producers’ decision to replace the original opening credits, a series of photographs from Elyse and Steven’s hippie days, with a painted portrait of the family. When Steven interrupts Alex’s prom at an elitist country club to protest the club’s policies, Alex imparts some perspective: “Dad, I’m 17. When I see Kimberly Blanton in a strapless gown, I don’t look past her for the Bill of Rights...
...what we know. Sure, we will be enormously pleased to see everyone - from our parents all the way down to Bob, our recently paroled third cousin twice-removed. This Thanksgiving, we may even be able to forget what was said all those years ago about our 10th-grade prom date. And all this will happen because we have confronted our own demise, and faced the prospect of never having a family dinner again. After September 11th, those of us left personally unscathed have a responsibility to be enormously grateful for what we have. That doesn?t mean, however, that...
When Molly Rudberg was eight, her parents divorced, leaving her with an ache for a father who was so often absent when she needed him most. "Many weekends were missed, as well as prom nights, homecoming dances, soccer games, evenings of homework or just simple advice," says the Chicago marketing strategist. "I finally threw in the towel when he couldn't make it to my older sister's high school graduation because he had to be overseas." Though father and daughter wound up living just four blocks apart, for years Molly couldn't bring herself to reach out. Soon after...
...tour of Latvia, a girl named ALINA, 16, slapped him with a red carnation--her way to protest Britain's involvement in the war against Afghanistan and Latvia's attempt to join NATO. That's a lot to expect from a flower that usually only conveys the message on prom night, "Now maybe your parents won't think I'm a total jerk." The 11th-grader was later charged with endangering the life of a high official. Though shocked, the Prince gamely continued working the Latvian crowd, some of whom were armed with larger, even more menacing bouquets...
...it’s opened so many doors for me. For example, it’s always handy to have an army of little oompa loompas at my beck and call 24/7. In junior year, our prom theme was based around my resemblance—Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory...