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...lights flashing. "Victoria!" That was one of the names: Victoria. Others, read out in a mournful voice by police chief superintendent Louis Munn, were as familiar and as evocative of middle-class Scottish family life: Emma, Melissa and Megan; Charlotte, Kevin, Ross and Hannah; David, Mhairi, Brett and Abigail; Emily, Sophie, John and Joanna. Ordinary names, pretty names, the names on teachers' attendance lists, on captions of school pictures, on programs for school pageants, on lineups for school games. And they are the names of the dead and maimed of Dunblane's little primary-school gymnasium where a man with...
...PLAY PERIOD IN Connie Stahlke's kindergarten room. Abigail and Brittany Hensel are at the Play-Doh table, when a visitor asks, How much is 10 plus 10? Britty starts counting on her fingers. Abby helpfully lays down her hand on the table. They count fingers and toes with all the accuracy their six-year-old minds can muster. "Nineteen," they conclude. Then the clearly ancient guest asks, "Guess how old I am." Britty can't resist the chance to tease: "900,000!" she shrieks. The sisters dissolve into giggles. They reach up and slap a celebratory high five...
...plenty to do. The veteran TIME science writer is the mother of three and the managing editor of TIME FOR KIDS, which reaches nearly 800,000 fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders each week. But she could not resist the opportunity to tell the remarkable story this week of Abigail and Brittany Hensel. "I had read LIFE magazine's cover story about the conjoined twins," she says, "and was moved to tears." Wallis teamed up with reporter Jen Doman, who befriended the Hensels last fall and secured exclusive rights to their story for Life. Says Wallis: "She did a remarkable...
Westerdahl says it is impossible to guess about their long-term prognosis but for now they are "healthy and stable." Brittany is more prone to colds and coughs than Abigail. Since their circulation is linked, notes Patty, "we know that if Abby takes the medicine, Britty's ear infection will go away." The twins need only one set of vaccinations, says Westerdahl: "They like that they don't have to get two shots...
Recipients of the prize included: Charlene S. Ahn, Roy E. Bahat, Joshua Barback, Michael R. Barrett, Ahment S. Berker, Anna K. Blair, Adam D. Borchert, Michelle K. Borras, Annabel L. Bradford, Abigail R. Branch, William W. Burke-White, Sewell Chan, Chen-Chen Chang, Hsin Chau, Julie A. Chen, Victor T. Chen, Van L. Cheng, Jaehyuk Choi, Angeline Y. Chong, Charlotte J. Chui, Megan P. Coffee, Daniel S. Cohan, Noah I. Dauber, Wu L. Dennis, Ryan H. Dougherty, Agnes Dunogue, Andrew C. Elito, David O. Ellis, David F. Elmer, Michael H. Feferman, Noah R. Feinstein and Stephanie Firos...