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Bush's aides also expect that the symbolism of a summit will help boost Gorbachev's faltering position at home. Said one: "The image of these two guys on cruisers in the Med, talking about the world, has to be a plus for Gorbachev." Yet Soviet officials say symbolism counts...
Resisting the temptation to turn their child into an early overachiever, a surprising number of parents are consciously delaying their youngster's entrance to kindergarten even when age eligible. This is known, quaintly, as redshirting, after the common university practice of keeping athletes out of games to allow them an...
Leslie Rescorla, a Bryn Mawr clinical child psychologist, notes that it is currently common practice for educators to recommend that socially or physically immature children with autumn birthdays enter kindergarten at six, ( rather than five. The practice makes sense, Rescorla says, if parents have special concerns about their child's...
Federal officials have never been sure how much cocaine is consumed in the U.S., but the conventional estimate has been 100 tons annually. Since agents have captured nearly that much already this year and seizures are generally ^ considered to represent only a small proportion of total supply, cocaine use could...
As thousands more East Germans flee to the West, the new President genuflects to perestroika in Moscow and his underlings call mass meetings to hear complaints. But events are bringing the two Germanys closer together. -- Ortega scuttles a cease-fire with Nicaragua's contras. -- A vibrant new middle class stirs...