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...academic difficulties our athletes face are compounded by other issues as well. Many athletes turned down scholarships, often full rides, to attend Harvard. This, when coupled with the fact that many athletes do not have time to work due to the demands of school and their team, is a pretty significant (and expensive) choice...
Additionally, departments might seek student group collaboration in planning public lectures and getting students to attend, casting such events as extracurricular attractions rather than academic burdens. Finally, departments might offer extra office space to groups whose work relates to their field, potentially creating a real bond between students and academics that could lead to collaboration valuable to both...
...care at all? Reviving it in her new book, Motherhood: How Should We Care for Our Children? (Allen & Unwin), Anne Manne presents a body of international research suggesting that too much time in child care, or poor-quality care, can impede kids' social and emotional development, particularly if they attend child care before the age of two. Manne argues that the value of full-time motherhood needs to be reasserted (see box, next page) - and that children's interests are best served when mothers are well supported, whether they stay at home or juggle work and family. Many countries tackle...
...them lifted or at least limited to certain regions and products," says Vincent Truelle, co-director of an association of foie gras producers. "Their effect isn't catastrophic in commercial terms for us, but it's irritating to have our image undermined like this." The same fears attend the vaccination program for ducks and geese, which has been authorized in parts of the Landes and two other coastal departments to the north. Even though farm-raised ducks are commonly vaccinated against other diseases, farmers fear that vaccinating against bird flu will just further alienate consumers. "Anybody who has the space...
...Arsenault holds the promise of salvation for Larry. He is why Larry chose to attend Westcock, a small-town university. Jim is a cutting-edge poet and a star who rejected the "huckster" scene in Toronto for the authenticity of life in rural New Brunswick. Larry can't believe his luck. To be at the same university, to study with Jim, "it's like being able to call Shakespeare up on the phone." If only Jim recognizes some spark of genius in him, then all doubt will be banished. Larry is not alone in this hope. The poetry students...