Word: video
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first floor, the glare of neon pink and orange storage lockers greets incoming patrons and the red glow of the video game room lures children into this den of underage gambling...
...books on boys, notes that four adolescent males drop out of school for every one adolescent female. Among his prescriptions for helping our sons: provide them with mentors; provide twice as much emotional nurturing--spending time with them, developing family rituals, giving them new freedoms and responsibilities; restrict TV, video games and movies. Strikingly, these recommendations are precisely what our daughters need...
...evening last month, in the barn of a farm in Bellville, Ohio, about a dozen fox farmers stood around, hands in belts, watching a video. On the screen, a bevy of thin, gorgeous, haughty women strode down the catwalk, all wearing something furry. It was a compilation of high-fashion shows from Milan, and while the farmers were more bemused than impressed, that tape may represent their best hope for a lucrative future...
...every designer is budging. Donna Karan, Anna Sui, Todd Oldham and Betsey Johnson say they will use only fake fur--although some will use shearling. Nor is PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) backing down. Its latest salvo is a video narrated by Chloe designer Stella McCartney (daughter of Paul and Linda) that contains grisly footage of a fox farm in Illinois. And even the most hardened fashion followers are mortified that some designers are using seal fur. The farmers are fighting back, and the Fur Commission of America launched an informative, if slightly defensive, website in July...
Starfire soccer is a welcome change from the usual testosterone-charged kicking, punching, punting video sports games. Not surprisingly, it's from Purple Moon, purveyor of CD-ROMS designed for 8-to-12-year-old girls. Starfire players spend a lot of time grappling with such emotionally charged issues as how to deal with ball hogs and feuding friends. Players eventually get to practice heading and dribbling. The one thing they don't do is play much soccer...