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...computer. "She has no place to put a complete PC system and doesn't want to buy another piece of furniture," Arbutis says. "And she's leery of spending a lot of money on something she doesn't know or understand." She could try the route to the info superhighway that a lot of curious but cautious seniors are taking: Internet appliances, like the three shown below. Smaller than PCs and easier to use, these devices provide e-mail and basic Web surfing for less money--and without the hassle that is keeping many greatest-generation types offline...
...says our 87-year-old guide in Vicksburg, Miss. Now there is a quieter conflict raging, not on the broad political stage but in the particulars of individual lives. Along the river, people hear about the new economy, but they don't have a ticket to get there. Information superhighway? Progress here is a back road, winding, scenic and personal, but slow by the standards of a country in a hurry into the future...
...shake the hand of the owner. Only with great pain do I admit that the every place/no place that Moe speaks of--an America built in strips and spurts and without hesitation or nearly enough shame--has one thing going for it. It works. Location, value, convenience--the retail superhighway has got all that. On rare occasions, I suppose, you can even find quality and service there...
...this technology-driven economy, support for education should receive top priority to ensure that no students are left in the dust on the information superhighway. It is unfortunate that last Monday, the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (CRLS) passed their budget without any mention of an extra $450,000 that top officials said it needed to open the school promptly and successfully. This decision by the Cambridge School Committee is short-sighted and could doom the school's reform efforts to failure...
...Stanford challenge Harvard? That may all depend on whether the information superhighway hits a dead end--or keeps going forever...