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...detractors will argue for quality over quantity: in the few hours they have to party, they really party, and when they do crawl into bed, they’re crawling into a king-size Tempur-Pedic rather than a raggedy futon. They have a point. In taking a lower-paying job, you may have to live in Brooklyn instead of the West Village, drink Miller instead of martinis, and—gasp—cut coupons rather than shell out $50 for Sunday brunch. And granted, this lifestyle will probably be a little bit less...
...study of 77 fourth- and sixth-graders, published last spring in the journal Child Development, found that extending sleep just 40 to 60 min. can markedly improve classroom performance. "Between the TV and the Internet, parents often feel like they've lost the battle to get their kids to bed," concedes Sadeh. "But they really must become more assertive in setting limits...
...morally repugnant that, in a country of such plenty, tens of millions of children go to bed hungry, miserable, sick and obese. We must set goals to give every child in this country a good education, strong health care, early learning programs such as Head Start, and quality daycare. We must also enable their families to provide them with a safe, warm home and healthy food. Plenty of economic research shows that these programs combined would increase America’s human capital, create a more productive work force, spur faster economic growth, and reduce crime and poverty. Conservatives...
...believe that paying more in taxes would be a punishing misery will find that they are happier than they were before—and that crime will fall and the economy will grow. Cities will be safer, entrepreneurship will thrive and we will be able to go to bed knowing that we have satisfied our duty to unfortunate children...
...majority’s. Harvard students do evince a striking degree of maturity (or prissiness, depending upon your point of view). April Fools’ Day after April Fools’ Day goes by without anyone’s noticing I’ve short-sheeted their bed, much less retaliating; when I pleat meeting agendas into paper footballs, my peers fix me with icy stares instead of making little uprights out of their forefingers and thumbs. Students run extracurricular activities with an intensity more appropriate to the governance of small countries. Already this fall, seniors have donned conservatively...