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...Tigers raced down the floor and Wallace launched a desperation three from well beyond the arc. The shot splashed through the rim, and Princeton quickly fouled, sending Stehle to the line with four seconds left and the Crimson clinging to a 59-57 lead. Stehle would hit both to clinch the elusive victory for Harvard...
...students of class CM2 at the St. Joan of Arc elementary school are playing with their food - and their teacher is delighted. The kids, 11- and 12-year-olds from the town of Laventie in northern France, finger fleshy chunks of mango with fascination and wince as they suck on lime slices. During the course of the morning, the class learns that fruits contain minerals, fiber, sugar and vitamins. "Who knows why we need vitamin C?" asks Carole de Bailleul, a nutritionist employed by the local school district. Three hands shoot up. "Without it we become tired," answers Margo Demarey...
...nutrition classes also push the benefits of exercise). And even improved education and government restrictions such as the proposed European Union ban on junk food ads targeting children won't keep all kids from sometimes eating unhealthy food. At first glance, the playgrounds of St. Joan of Arc look filled with active, healthy and energetic kids. But on a recent day, a group of friends - hiding from the teachers in a far corner - could be seen scoffing down sweets and chocolates with guilty delight. "Balance is the key," says Agnès Lommez, coordinator for the school district's food...
...those numbers aren't distributed evenly. Up to 2.1 million children in that age group may be either undervaccinated or entirely unvaccinated each year. Many come from poor or uninsured families with no access to health care or health information. Others are on the opposite end of the demographic arc--well-educated and comparatively wealthy Americans who opt out of vaccinations for their children either because they are suspicious of vaccines in general or because their religious beliefs forbid them. Home-schooled kids may be at particular risk, since their parents can sidestep the rules requiring vaccinations for all children...
...cast impressively succeeds in dealing with the extreme emotional and tonal shifts of the play. Every character is believable in any given scene, whether the character’s arc is logical or not. Faatin Chaudhury, as Sahar’s mother, especially hits the right mixture of wisdom and stubbornness, allowing her to be the play’s stable center, even though most of her appearances are on a landing to one side of the stage...