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...wants to hear s___ about [men's] problems." Single or suddenly adoptive fathers are becoming nurturers on sitcoms like UPN's One on One, the WB's Raising Dad and Fox's The Bernie Mac Show. And no less than three CBS debuts--The Education of Max Bickford, Citizen Baines and Danny--look at that most stereotypically male of personal dramas, the midlife crisis...
Iverson has not always been a model citizen. He did four months in prison after a teenage brawl in a bowling alley (the conviction was later reversed due to insufficient evidence). His first few years in the league, he was openly insubordinate and in poor condition. But he's come around. This year Iverson forged a genuine bond with the 76ers brilliant, exacting coach Larry Brown and decided to become a team leader, a role he used to think was corny. He has also publicly expressed a desire to overcome what he's described as an inbuilt mistrust of authority...
...There is but one substitute for consumer confidence, and that is citizen bravado. And the way of economics is that it can breed its own rewards...
Singapore also provides many services to its citizens that the U.S. does not. For instance, approximately 80 percent of Singaporeans live in government housing, which are not at all like housing projects in the U.S. Singaporeans own their own apartments; each Singaporean citizen has the chance to buy an apartment from the government at cost and to take out a no-interest loan to pay for it. As a result, every Singaporean is a homeowner and has a stake in the society. The housing complexes contain take-out restaurants designed to cater to two-earner households, grocery stores, day-care...
...feel as though I've been raped," said a Chinhoyi farmer, surveying his ruined homestead. Twenty-one white farmers who had rallied to the defense of a besieged neighbor spent 17 days in jail before being released on bail, charged with assaulting the invaders. In nearby farm areas, citizen-band radios were crackling with emergency security alerts as residents went on a virtual war footing...