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...course, my daughter loves it there. Like most other kids, she is fond of order and rules and schedules. It's just like my old Sunnyvale School, a quiet pond of books and pen and paper. But a parent stands on a precipice. Adolescence looms ahead, which nowadays can begin at around the age of 8. Drug dealers lurk in the alley; nihilist rock 'n' roll wafts up from the storm sewer; the culture of covetousness is everywhere...
...shortcomings begin with inexperience and extend to basic skills. "They run and jump better than anybody here," said Australian star Shane Heal. "But they're not very good at shooting or passing." After four games the U.S. was shooting just 22% from behind the 3-point arc (their opponents shot 47%), and against Australia the Americans missed 15 outside shots in a row--during warm-ups. The U.S. has the world's best inside player in the heroically shy San Antonio Spurs star Tim Duncan, but epochs go by without his touching the ball near the rim, where...
...chairs the IUCN/World Conservation Union's Cat Specialist Group. "We need a breeding program in order to re-create a viable population that is genetically diverse." Eight wild lynx are now in captivity and, with luck, will start having offspring next year. Within a few years, scientists hope to begin the delicate task of repopulating areas that have lost the species. While that sort of intervention has worked with black-footed ferrets in parts of North America, it has never been done with cats...
...hushed Oslo nightclub, a woman takes the stage in a black burqa, the all-enveloping garment conservative Muslim women wear in countries like Pakistan and Afghanistan. The woman's arms and hips begin to sway to the sound of a Norwegian folk song. It's a strange spectacle: a vision of conservative Islam in front of a liberal Western audience. "Personally," says a voice from behind the veil, "I think it's a drag to wear a burqa because I always get chased by kids for an autograph. They think I'm Darth Vader." To loud applause, Shabana Rehman shakes...
...life jackets and safety helmets to meet our fellow rafters. Eight men look up to study us intently as we walk in. Several of them look decidedly unfit, and I look around for the natural leader of the group, the tough veteran of the voyage we're about to begin. "Hi, we're your guides," says a boyish young man from the floor, where he's kneeling on a bulging bright blue bag, squashing it into as small a shape as possible. He nods cheerfully toward an even younger man, who looks like he's just woken after...