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...Dolan sisters--who seem to want to supplant the McCourt brothers in ubiquity--have released a book, Satellite Sisters' UnCommon Senses (Riverhead; 370 pages; $24.95). It posits, through a series of anecdotes told by each sister, that when you grow up in a large family, you develop an extra set of senses that help you both stand out from and connect to your kin. This, at least, is the conceit. But the underlying mantra of the book and the radio show is the same: talk is good. Even seemingly insignificant banter, such as the discussion about the aforementioned gravy boat...
Many parents believe a couple of years? education is all their daughters need to become good housewives. Other girls in the area attend classes only because international aid groups give extra food to refugee families that send their daughters to school. Most of the teachers are still in their teens and will quit their jobs once they marry...
...York, packed with defiant travelers, lacked a single empty seat. Arrivals from the 49 states to Hawaii are off 19%, not a bad drop these days. But the planes the rest of the family took from Japan were so sparsely occupied that the flight attendants showered passengers with extra bags of nuts. Japan Airlines and All-Nippon Airways expect to lose hundreds of millions of dollars in the last four months of 2001; U.S. airlines have slashed some Japan routes altogether...
...much-hyped Madison Square Garden tribute concerts and the re-releases of his past albums, the packaging for the album is relatively low-key. Aside from variations in the color of the booklet, there are no bells and whistles, no enhanced features for the computer, no coupons, no extra cardboard packaging, nothing. The focus of this album is solely on the music...
...That said, Americans are not allowing their concerns to spiral into panic; poll numbers show a considerably calmer nation than even one month ago. Only one in five now say they have purchased or have considered purchasing bottled water or extra food in preparation for another attack, versus 33 percent in mid-October. Thirteen percent say they have bought or considered buying a gun or rifle, down from 20 percent in October, and six percent have thought about getting a gas mask, down from 12 percent in October...