Raising the quality of life

Driving through a community he hasn't seen in years, a man finds his heart going out to the businesses and homeowners. The decline is disturbing. Shops are closed. Streets are dirty. Houses are in disrepair.

• A woman scans the entertainment section of the newspaper and comments to her companion how exasperated she is with the choice in movies. "It's between crude humor and excessive violence," she says.

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December 31, 2001
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