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Sunday, July 24, 1994

Since the advent of air conditioning, Americans have found more and more ways to isolate themselves. Front porches, once forums of gossip, family updates and neighborly exchanges, have been replaced by family rooms, which generally are dimly lit by the glow of a television set that rarely gets turned off.

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