Word: companionship
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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VALENTINE'S Day is the day, more than any other, when Americans act out the ritualized myths of heterosexual companionship. On this one day of the year, feelings are acceptable--indeed, compulsory. Love is the motif, lovers guided by the need to present proof of their affections in the commercially packaged way that makes their sentiments unimpeachable...
Seniors are constantly finding fresh uses for computers. Retirees concerned about catastrophic health insurance are organizing congressional lobbying campaigns on the machines. Amateur genealogists are using the network to locate missing relatives. Widows who wake up in the middle of the night are logging on for companionship. A doll enthusiast has employed her computer to write a book about her collection. A numismatist has electronically cataloged , his 65,000 rare coins. A beekeeper in Hawaii is putting out a newsletter using the latest technology for desktop publishing. "It has been a ball," says Clark, who recently started a new SeniorNet...