Evening the score: why did I still care, at 28, about what I got on my SATs?
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A woman describes retaking the Scholastic Assessment Test at the age of 28 in the hope of improving her score. She plans to keep taking it until she betters her mother's score.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2000
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Game over
Article Abstract:
Owners of Sony PlayStation 2 video game consoles describe how they acquired the popular game player. Some waited in store lines for hours. Others made their purchases online.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2000
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The self-doubter
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An heir to a corporate fortune works in the family firm for $90,000 a year, but whose compulsion to spend results in a $30,000 per month lifestyle, comments on the perils of wealth.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2000
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