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...Your article asks what the cause of the bigger-families phenomenon might be. The answer is simple and relates to a basic aspect of of human nature. In the U.S. and here in Australia, the rich are anxious to maintain their position in society and are worried about being outnumbered by groups viewed as beneath them. This desire may be subconscious, but they feel they have much to lose unless they maintain the status quo. Dr. Rebecca Fanany, Vermont South...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/20/2007 | See Source »

...educator I found that bright children sent unprepared to school by clueless parents often surpassed their well-trained peers in reading by the end of second grade. The age-old and inexpensive adage that children read to become readers holds true in spite of anxious parents trying to give an edge to their preschoolers. Suzan Davis, IRVINE, CALIF...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama on the Offensive | 12/20/2007 | See Source »

...educator I found that bright children sent unprepared to school by clueless parents often surpassed their well-trained peers in reading by the end of second grade. The age-old and inexpensive adage that children read to become readers holds true in spite of anxious parents trying to give an edge to their preschoolers. Suzan Davis, Irvine, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/19/2007 | See Source »

...sworn into office as the nation's youngest governor. What are you most nervous about? There's an anxious optimism in Louisiana. An optimism where people know that our state can be better, but an anxiety that if we don't get it right now, we may not get this chance again in our lifetimes. I've described this as the fourth boom cycle in my lifetime in Louisiana. We had an oil boom, a gambling boom, and a health care boom. Whether this is being caused by the hurricane recovery or the oil and gas economy, it's another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview: Louisiana's Bobby Jindal | 12/18/2007 | See Source »

...somewhat of an “enigma.” “I was with Natasha Alford,” Brown says, “who is just an incredible person and superstar at Harvard, and she said, ‘I’m really anxious to see what they might write about you. Even though I call you a friend, I don’t really know anything about you.’” “I think, on one hand,” he says, “being a part...

Author: By Peter B. Weston, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nicholas T. Brown | 12/12/2007 | See Source »

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