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...think they'd be allowed some peace - the womb - with handheld tummy speakers designed to pipe music and voices to the unborn baby, the better to stimulate the growing brain and get it ready for the work it will eventually have to do. Parents who don't avail themselves of these products do so at their children's peril: the brain, they are told, has very limited windows for learning certain skills. Let them close, and kids may be set back forever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Quest For A Superkid | 4/22/2001 | See Source »

Senior Lauren Corkery scored off of a pass from Burg with 11 minutes left in the half, but to no avail. Princeton finished the game with another goal at 4:03 to give them the 15-6 blowout...

Author: By Jessica T. Lee, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Lacrosse Falls to Princeton, 15-6 | 4/16/2001 | See Source »

...There's no substitute for brains and an autonomous mind. The idea, as Emerson says, is to avail yourself "of the checks and balances in nature, as a natural weapon against the exaggeration... of bigots and blockheads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Partisanship Is Just a Form of Blindness | 4/5/2001 | See Source »

...genes and culture have all been explored as explanations. But the simplest answer may be that women own up to the condition more readily than men do. If you don't come forward with your problem, you can't be included in the epidemiologists' count. Worse, you can never avail yourself of the therapists' cure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fear Not! | 4/2/2001 | See Source »

...questionable goal scored by forward Jennifer Wiehn--the recently-crowned ECAC tourney MVP. Ruddock appeared to stop Wiehn's shot on the line, but it slipped into the goal as the referee blew his whistle. Ruddock claimed the puck crossed the line after the whistle, but to no avail--the goal counted to even the score of the game...

Author: By Jessica T. Lee, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Freshman Goaltender Ruddock Anticipates First Frozen Four | 3/21/2001 | See Source »

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