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...schools at discount rates has grown from 52 public and private schools in 1996 to more than 170 this year. The private Cincinnati Country Day School requires all 500 of its students from grades 6 through 12 to carry laptops; the school pays half the cost, and parents chip in one-third. The public school district in Beaufort, S.C., leased laptops to 300 students last year, and after a swell of parent demands, expanded the program this fall to 1,000. In Texas, state-school-board president Jack Christie is pushing a proposal to junk textbooks and outfit 4 million...
Apart from the traditionalist's favorite, chocolate, the selection of fudge flavors is remarkably large: vanilla, rocky road, maple, mint chocolate chip, creamsicle, chocolate peanut butter and walnut are a few tasty choices. The ever-ambiguous flavor of the month adds a bit of surprise for regulars. If affecting a cosmopolitan air is a priority, then there's always cappuccino or penuchi fudge. Should Mom and Dad enjoy the eats during a visit, these wonderfully calorie-packed concoctions are also available nation-wide, thanks to Billings & Stover's mail-order service (order forms are on the counter or call...
...those unique forms of TV that really hooks the audience in," he says. "You're talking the average Joe and putting him on TV, creating a closer link between audience and show." Or perhaps it's simply the undefinable thrill of watching Evelyn from Tulsa drop her "Plinko" chip and following its bouncing descent towards the $5,000 slot...
...advisers have become much more candid--and realistic--about their goals: the White House realizes that air attacks probably won't topple Saddam or force him to open his doors to unrestricted access by U.N. inspectors. So Clinton and his aides have fallen back to a more limited strategy: chip away at Saddam's ability to make horror weapons, delay the day Saddam is able use them against neighbors, and then do it again after 12 months, if necessary. That way, the Administration can hail almost any damage to Iraqi targets as a success...
...double for the children. Mr. Clinton knows this. He's a parent too. Like the rest of us, he had to explain his predicament to his child. True, he's more practiced (see below), but it can't have been easy. One bright note for the President: the V chip finally starts to make sense...