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They beguiled us, touched us, stirred us. They remade their worlds and taught us to see our own afresh. As part of our series on the 100 most influential people of the century, here are 20 peerless creators
...usual flux and reflux that have also seen harder drugs like cocaine and heroin rise in their allure for a time, and then decline when the consequences became more luridly obvious--only to rise again when a generational forgetfulness sets in and a drug's glamour could assert itself afresh. Indeed, today some experts are worried that an obsessive concern about marijuana may confuse overall perspectives. Says Mark Kleiman, a UCLA professor who specializes in national drug policy: "It's destructive to focus the country on one small part of drug use. Focusing on marijuana ignores the rising...
...system, appropriately called a correctional system, is going to be anything more than a junior prison which converts child offenders into hardened criminals, the answer must be yes. After repaying their debt to society and atoning for their crimes, juvenile offenders must receive at least the opportunity to start afresh...
...real discourse has barely begun. The book provides ample evidence that most encounters between humans have been "missed opportunities." History, he notes, "has so far largely been a chronicle of ability gone to waste." Nonetheless, he believes that "the earth is in the early stages of being criss-crossed afresh by invisible threads, threads uniting individuals who differ by all conventional criteria but who are finding they have aspirations in common...
...kids with the disorder, is a kind of experiment in progress. The emphasis is on behavior modification: throughout the day students earn points -- and are relentlessly cheered on -- for good behavior. High scorers are rewarded with special privileges at the end of the day, but each morning kids start afresh with another shot at the rewards. Special classes also drill in social skills: sharing, being a good sport, ignoring annoyances rather than striking out in anger. Only 35% of the kids at the center are on stimulant drugs, less than half the national rate for ADHD kids...