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Garcia said yesterday the two men were white, had larger builds than he does, had Bostonian accents, and appeared to be in their mid to late 20s...
...worry. Parents do influence children's test scores--but what they do is less important than who they are. If parents are high earners, well educated and out of their 20s, for example, their children will do better, according to Department of Education statistics. Staying home with the kids and carting them off to museums, however, has little effect...
...tables. Now Dr. Reubin Andres, clinical director of the Gerontology Research Center of the National Institute on Aging, has added more fat to the fire. Using the same data (from 4.2 million people charted by 25 insurance companies over two decades), Andres has concluded that people in their 20s should weigh less than Metropolitan Life indicates, 40-year-olds should weigh about the same, but people in their 50s and 60s can afford to be anywhere from 4 to 37 Ibs. heavier. Andres, a gerontologist who has been studying the effect of weight gain on aging for more than five...
Some three months after arriving in Tokyo to study the Japanese language and culture, an Englishman in his mid 20s happens upon a restaurant where he thinks he can find some pizza and beer. After checking his coat, he is horrified to be presented with a cloakroom tab for more than the garment is worth. While he tries haltingly to talk his way out of this mess, he is rescued by Ichimonji, an older and evidently much wealthier man. This patron takes the young foreigner under his protection and guides him through an evening of serious drinking at a succession...
Indeed, divisions within the Administration on arms control are continuing through the pre-summit maneuvering. Last week, Arms Control Adviser Paul Nitze expressed cautious interest in a Soviet proposal for a freeze on intermediate-range nuclear missiles, such as Soviet SS-20s targeted on Western Europe, and U.S. Pershing II and cruise missiles in Western Europe capable of hitting the U.S.S.R. The proposal is unacceptable because it would leave the Soviets with a huge lead, Nitze told reporters, but at least the Soviets are now willing to include missiles in Asia as well as Europe in the freeze. At about...