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October 28, 1999 QUOTED RECENTLY “No one avoided the unneccessay expenditures such as the occasional trip to the Dairy Queen, or a pair of stylish new sneakers for the son who might otherwise sell drugs to get them.” — Kathryn Edin, assistant professor of sociology, on her study of single mothers forced to spend more than their acknowledged incomes (The New York Times, Oct. 18)