Reading the article, the Snow White story sounds like an urban legend. The school isn't named, no quotes, and it's not the story, it's just an intro to the story.
Sid, my house is over 80 years old, and I'm always repairing stuff. When I replaced the vinyl floor in the bathroom, I found no subflooring. The previous owner had leveled the porch boards with newspapers! Specifically, newspapers from 1968 and 1969. They were full of RFK and MLK assassination updates and Apollo stories. I saved them as best as I can.
In my town, people flock to the chain grocery, where you get 3 cents off by using your shopper card! What they don't realize is that a) the advertised price on the big signs is AFTER they take the three cents off for using your card, and b) even then it's still more expensive than the smaller neighborhood stations.
Adam, I was about to say that's because it's in Russia, but... the last place I worked has nary one flatscreen either. We had 15" throwaways in every room. Even though our engineer owned a computer shop. Just cheap.
ak, that comment has to be a joke. Just because they are not speaking English doesn't mean they can't. It's only in America that we assume people only speak one language.