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I Will Simply Survive
While the wealthy may strive for 'simple living,' the poor try simply surviving |
Elizabeth Chin |
01 Mar 2006 |
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| While the wealthy may strive for "simple living," the poor try simply surviving By Elizabeth Chin 01 Mar 2006 In the early 1990s, I knew a 10-year-old boy named Davy who had never been to Toys "R" Us. When I told his story, people would often respond to this part of his life with a sort of sentimental longing. "How wonderful that he has never been to that awful place," they'd say. Davy's lack of experience, however, was a marker not of his prot ... |
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