At least my "cougar" friend and her juvenile boyfriend can both recall growing up listening to cassette tapes, playing video games on the original PlayStation, and watching Bill Clinton deny that he had "sexual relations with that woman" -- even if one of them wasn't quite sure what that meant at the ripe old age of 6.

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They have fancy brochures, there are video tapes that are available showing the student amenities and the students sitting in rapt attention listening to whoever is pontificating at the moment, students playing Frisbee on the lawns, those beautiful green lawns of universities.

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