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...learning process, taking baby steps until I would finally be ready to take a boat out alone. Little did I know that CBI preferred trial by fire. All I had to do in order to take a boat out alone was attend two onshore classes—one that taught me the theory behind sailing, and the other that taught me to put the sail up before taking off. Once I demonstrated that I could spit out what they told me in the classes, I was given my “solo” ranking and told I could take...
...only 18, I understand the appeal of the old TV series that are being shown on niche cable channels [TELEVISION, July 16]. Television programs should convey morals. Viewers used to see classy series and educational shows, not the junk that is on now. The shows of the '60s taught lessons. I like them because of the things I have learned from them. You can even find out things by watching Captain Kangaroo. PHILLIP COHEN Honesdale...
DIED. FRANCES HORWICH, 93, educator and kindly bell-ringing host of the 1950s children's show Ding Dong School; in Chicago. During the half-hour program, which paved the way for Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, "Miss Frances" taught arts and crafts, told stories and offered simple lessons. She won a Peabody Award...
UNCHAINED MELODY Napster taught millions of Americans how to turn CDs and other sound files into MP3s. For the rest of us, Archos makes the Jukebox Recorder ($350). It lets you create MP3s directly from a stereo or CD player, it's more compact than similar devices like the Nomad Jukebox and it has a built-in mike for voice recording. With six gigabytes of memory, the Recorder can even double as a backup hard drive...
...riding a bicycle or oxcart on the street in front of ExxonMobil's facilities has become a deadly game of dodge-bullet, with soldiers taking potshots at just about anybody who moves. Those who pass at the wrong time of day are sometimes dragged into ExxonMobil's warehouses and taught a lesson. New military camps have been established at 500-m intervals along the company's pipeline. By night, troops from these camps go to nearby settlements in search of food, women and (sometimes) rebels. If they don't find what they're looking for, they break homes and bones...