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...been clearly established.) Other studies suggest that TV viewing can dampen kids' imagination. Patricia Marks Greenfield, a professor of psychology at UCLA, conducted experiments in which several groups of children were asked to tell a story about the Smurfs. Those who were shown a Smurfs TV cartoon beforehand were less "creative" in their storytelling than kids who first played an unrelated connect-the-dots game...
This year, the department streamlined the process by having the available professors and graduate students select beforehand the candidates they are interested in working with based on a list of names and thesis topics...
...possible to fly to Washington directly from Manchester, N.H. ("This is not a guy who travels a lot," says Rudman.) Souter called a third time to add that at the White House he would not discuss how he might rule in future cases. "They ought to know that beforehand," Souter insisted. "It might save all of us a lot of time...
...drawn its hard-currency reserves so low that many bills for imported goods remain unpaid, which is quickly eroding the country's credit rating. "We're now advising firms to do business here only if they have a letter of credit or some other cast-iron guarantee of payment beforehand," said the commercial attache of a Western embassy in Moscow. No mention of whether there is a charge for that letter of credit...
...into the setting by making their enterances from behind the audience. The Herald (Christopher Davidson) also helps in this capacity--he introduces us to each scene with wonderfully realistic-sounding solos on an imaginary trumpet. Kudos also to the producer Valerie Nestor for the Mickey Mouse blankets distributed beforehand to ward off cold...