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...advocate witchcraft. Numerous school districts have considered banning the series from classrooms, but only a few have made good on the threat. According to the American Library Association, more than 5,000 complaints were recorded at school and public libraries over the past 10 years. "The Catcher in the Rye," "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and "To Kill a Mockingbird" were among the titles adults found most offensive...
...fifth- and sixth-graders play "the Stock Market Game," a simulation sponsored by the Securities Industry Foundation for Economic Education. Students open a $100,000 imaginary portfolio to save or "invest" in common stocks. Lisa Ballek, who teaches the game to all fifth-graders at Midland Elementary School in Rye, N.Y., says the simulation brings fractions and decimals to life, especially for students who struggle with math. "They're so excited that they can finally understand what all these numbers mean. That's my favorite part," she says. Her students finished the year with an original musical, Stock Rocks...
...star fame. And while Rudy Giuliani may have been too knee-in-the-groin nasty to attract all the anti-Hillary votes, the fresh-faced Lazio could be just too aw-shucks nice, a slice of Velveeta on white in a state with a decided taste for roquefort on rye, a place where full-frontal egomaniacs like Ed Koch, Bella Abzug and Al D'Amato have thrived and from where larger-than-life figures like Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Robert Kennedy have held court. Even Chuck Schumer is a strong cup of coffee. Not since John Lindsay have New Yorkers...
...Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction," a perennial chart-topper in lists of this sort, placed second, a testament to the enduring appeal of a monster riff attached to a slurred lyric that manages to be youthful and world-weary at the same time - a three-minute "Catcher in the Rye" for its generation and all those that followed...
...Well, my flagship is Cat's Cradle. One guy told me that his three favorite books all have "Cat" in their title: Catch 22, Catcher in the Rye, Cat's Cradle...