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...have kids become the target of so much advertising? Kids have a lot more money than they once did, mostly from parents, grandparents and friends. Kids also are much more empowered in parental expenditures, from buying a car to picking a tourist destination to food purchases. Children are inside much more, and they watch more television and other electronic media...
...many ways, Harvard Square is just another collection of tourist traps and chain restaurants. The Au Bon Pain Chess Café however, which Steve Stepak’s business card proudly announces as his address, lends the Square an element all its own. From sun-up to sun-down, and deep into the night, the grizzled warriors of chess can be found plying their trade on the tables in front of the Holyoke Center ABP. Two bucks buys you a game, and unless you’re Kasparov, a brutal beating...
...grade each girl that walked past. I discovered that my brother had terrible taste in women. When we did agree, I got a thrill out of getting our victim. On days the hormones ebbed, we would stand for hours browsing secondhand manga stores or actually visit some of those tourist attractions. Every morning was the first decision of the day: did we want croissants and a nice single-stall with a self-warming seat or donuts with a full row of toilets and automatic faucets? Often, we’d choose both: Isaac ate second meals like a hobbit, which...
...lift himself out of poverty, worked his way through high school by selling newspapers, shining shoes and caddying ... The University of Hawaii was tough, but Hiram Fong got through in three years with honors, with a bewildering collection of side jobs that ranged from bill collector to tourist guide. After graduation, he worked for two years, borrowed $3,000 to go to Harvard Law School, went back to Hawaii in 1935 with his degree and '10? in my pocket.' The law firm he founded is wonderfully Hawaii?Fong, Miho, Choy & Robinson?Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Caucasian, in that order...
...lift himself out of poverty, worked his way through high school by selling newspapers, shining shoes and caddying ... The University of Hawaii was tough, but Hiram Fong got through in three years with honors, with a bewildering collection of side jobs that ranged from bill collector to tourist guide. After graduation, he worked for two years, borrowed $3,000 to go to Harvard Law School, went back to Hawaii in 1935 with his degree and '10? in my pocket.' The law firm he founded is wonderfully Hawaii?Fong, Miho, Choy & Robinson?Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Caucasian, in that order...