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...Desirée Bell has recognized her error and tried to give her son the extra attention he needs. Not all teenagers do. According to the Children's Aid Society in New York City, one of the oldest family agencies in the country, a large number of babies delivered to teenage mothers wind up in foster care. "Teenagers get excited about this little, adorable person that's all theirs," explains Barbara Emmerth of the New York City-based Citizens' Committee for Children, "but when the kid is in the terrible twos and the mother wants to go out on dates instead...
...receiving public assistance and not marrying the father. This is true, but what about the teen who decides to further her education, get a good job and get married too? I am one of these mothers who are trying to provide a better future for their children. Marie A. Bell Washington Quality of Life...
Peter Peterson, the Greek hash-house owner's son who rose to the presidency of Bell & Howell before he was 35, and Lewis Glucksman, the Manhattan lamp manufacturer's son who scrapped his way up through Lehman's unprestigious but increasingly profitable stock-and-bond-trading department, might have been born enemies. Peterson emerges as cold, almost oblivious to the people around him. A close associate who may have saved his life during a seizure recalls that Peterson never thanked him. Glucksman was mercurial, an "emotional volcano" in the phrase of a colleague, who might kiss or curse fellow employees...
Nearly every stock on Wall Street had some ups and downs last week, but Pennzoil's performance gave even some poker-faced investors an acute case of the jitters. After opening at 63¼ on Tuesday, shares in the Houston-based oil company took off. By the closing bell the stock had jumped 19¾ points, to finish at 83. The next day Pennzoil climbed to 91 by 11:45 a.m. but then tumbled to 73½. The rest of the week proved less tumultuous, and Pennzoil ended Friday at 71½. As late as Nov. 18, Pennzoil was selling for just...
...that ten of them were playing defense. Considering that no team had ever marched unscored upon through the playoffs before, it takes some nerve for the Bears to insist that they were even better defensively last year. Besides nerve, they also have evidence. The Pro Bowl safety Todd Bell and the splendid linebacker Al Harris held out for more money this season and have missed the entire festival. Richard Dent, a particularly wanton defensive end, chose to work while he grumbled. Dent threatened to forgo the Super Bowl, but backed down when Ditka seemed inclined to play the game anyway...