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...industry where some drivers seem to care little about their customers' comfort, Brockton residents Rita and Danny Hughes have built a steady following of Harvard professors, students and local entrepreneurs by offering a clean, smoke-free car and on-call service...
...They probably like my service--I keep my cab clean, and I don't have a partition," Rita says. "I don't smoke, and I air out my cab and spray it with Lysol...
...expect to get it. Power Rangers is choppy, video-game-paced fare that has the feel of a cheap Japanese monster movie, circa 1956. The premise: five teenagers (three boys and two girls) are transmogrified mid-episode into spandex-clad superheroes who battle the vile forces of Rita Repulsa, an intergalactic witch. Through a mix of kung-fu acrobatics, pummeling and pouncing, the Rangers manage to defeat whatever band of clunky, plastic robot- cretins Rita enjoins to cause trouble...
...Rangers also manage to deliver a message about coping with adolescence. In one episode the Rangers wind up trapped on Rita's Island of Illusion, and their bodies dematerialize as they grow more frightened about their chance of escape. The heroes rematerialize only when they start believing in themselves again. Superhero Zack goes on to win a break-dancing contest. Along with lessons in self-esteem, the show serves up good-versus-evil showdowns and kids as Ninja-like conquerors. Get ready for some more heroic real-kid spin-offs...
...Asia, based in Hong Kong and broadcast in English to 30 countries as diverse as Saudi Arabia and Mongolia. The region's conservative nature makes it harder to probe delicate issues, but that hasn't stopped the network. Despite Chinese reticence toward discussing politics, MTV Asia veejay Rita Tsang got Chinese and Hong Kong teens to express candid opinions in "Changing Hands," a segment about the crown colony's 1997 return to China, beamed by satellite and cable into about five million Chinese homes. " AIDS at Your Doorstep" covered the disease and safe sex -- a bold move in places like...