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...failed fishing and lumber towns of the north coast. What he finds there, and virtually everyplace else in the great coastal kingdom -- on through Yuba City, Copperopolis, San Jose, Fresno, Bakersfield, Los Angeles, the Salton Sea, San Isidro -- is the hunkered down, fearful middle-aged and the resentful, nihilistic youth who see no future and no present worth the trouble. Prisons are the state's sole growth industry. "More prisons were being built in California," Barich writes, "than anywhere else in the world. Frequently, they were built on farmland stripped of its value, gone to ... hardpan. Corporate farmers, the titans...
...true Long Island team), one of my favorite hockey pastimes is no more. That is, I can no longer chant '1940! 1940!" to indignant--and utterly defenseless--Rangers fans. As a lifelong Mets fan, the Yankees' success is equally painful. Especially because I spent a good part of my youth razzing my pinstripe-worshipping friends about George Steinbrenner gems such as Steve Trout, Steve Kemp and Steve Balboni...
...example is the Cambridge Youth Enrichment Program. This eight-week day camp concentrates on academic skill improvement and features workshops in creative writing, dance and gymnastics...
...Twice a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Henry was TIME's drama critic as well as a frequent contributor of stories on subjects ranging as wide as the scope of the magazine itself. His favorite topic, though, was the theater. He had even contemplated an acting career as a youth, but lamented: "There aren't many parts for a short, plump actor who can't sing or dance." He wrote "Visions of America," a widely praised book on the 1984 election campaign, and another book, "Visions of Elitisim," which will be published by Doubleday this fall. A TV documentary...
Emerging from three days of closed-door meetings organized by the N.A.A.C.P. in Baltimore, African-American leaders agreed to reconvene in August to focus on economic development, youth and community empowerment, and moral and spiritual renewal. The N.A.A.C.P. drew attention and criticism for inviting controversial Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan...