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While dramatic series have become drearier, commercials have developed into the sprightliest little plays on television. These days, many a viewer is tempted to leave his set during the first half of The Brady Bunch, fix a sandwich, pour a beer and then hurry back to watch these entertaining dramas in miniature.
Margaret Dell is 96, but you’d need to check the birth date on her driver’s license to believe it. Sporting a baseball cap with a Harley-Davidson logo on it, she is the designated driver for her seventysomething friends who no longer feel comfortable behind the wheel.
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For decades the folks at Visa and MasterCard have been slobbering over the prospect of a cashless society, and they’re getting their wish.