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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...more withdrawn. They are less likely to realize that they are depressed and thus less likely to seek help. "Younger kids also have more difficulty expressing their feelings in words," says Dr. Boris Birmaher, a child psychiatrist at the University of Pittsburgh. "When kids become depressed, they become irritable, act out, have temper tantrums and other behavioral problems. It's hard to ascertain that these are the symptoms of depression unless you ask them questions in a language they can understand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Escaping From The Darkness | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

...include child safety locks with every weapon they sell, putting him to the right of many Senate Republicans. And in the next two weeks Bush plans to sign into law a bill forbidding local governments in Texas to sue gun manufacturers--a law opponents call "the N.R.A. protection act...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Political Gunplay | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

...were very rude to classmates and adults...Now it's 100% better." At Fort Foote, character lessons are so integrated into the curriculum that even math problems illustrate the value of sharing. A student spotted doing something nice receives a hot pink ribbon that says, "I DID A RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Character Goes Back To School | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

...high art, but it is the kind of relentlessly affable confection that transcends radio formats, crosses generations and sells like crazy. Lopez, too, is well positioned. Her voice is slight, but then again, so is Madonna's. Lopez's talent lies in its diversity--she sings, she can act, and, as a former In Living Color "Fly Girl," she can dance. VH1 is already panting over her first video...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latin Music Pops | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

...Klebold could not have killed 13 other people and themselves if they'd simply been armed with baseball bats or knives. Mass murder requires weaponry that kills rapidly from a distance. Why do we make it so easy for those with dark fantasies to acquire the weapons needed to act them out? CAROL GRIZZARD Pikeville...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 24, 1999 | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

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