Word: bonding
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...consider these sterile tools inferior to more social and emotional activities such as talking with or reading to children. These specialists agree that the only thing shown to optimize children's intellectual potential is a secure, trusting relationship with their parents. Time spent cuddling, gazing and playing establishes a bond of security, trust and respect on which the entire child-development pyramid is based. "We have given social and emotional development a back seat," says UCLA's Tyler, "and that's doing a great disservice to kids and to our society...
...least eight of their 10 scheduled hours for talks closeted away from the press. Their freewheeling discussions will cover everything on the agenda and more, but they will also serve to forge personal ties and air strongly held views without fear of public reaction. In a word, they will bond. "The main thing we want to achieve is a strong reaffirmation of the hemisphere's collective will," says Marc Lortie, Canada's summit coordinator. More than anything else, the future of the hemisphere will depend on how - and if - that happens...
...have some good news last week; it is reportedly close to selling its Yell online yellow pages in a private sale worth as much as $4 billion.) Another possibility is that the large telecom operators' credit ratings might fall into bbb range - the last bracket before junk-bond status - which would make it more expensive for them to finance future investments. Little wonder, perhaps, that some shareholders are calling for the heads of BT chief Peter Bonfield and Deutsche Telekom boss Ron Sommer...
...although perhaps not all - of the bad news about 3G. These big operators still have deep resources to help them survive the near-term shock of paying for UMTS. Deutsche Telekom generates billions in cash from operations, and last June was able to issue the largest-ever corporate bond, to the tune of $15 billion. Telekom's record was broken this year by none other than France Telecom. And 3G could eventually create all kinds of new opportunities for profits. Operators will be able to create unique services - from video games to real-time sports scores - which can reap higher...
...older students aren't just kids who take a year or two off after college; a growing number are folks like me who pursued another career before deciding to become a doctor. My classmates are as old as 46 and include a former actress, a bond trader, an engineer, a lawyer, the manager of an auto-parts store, a single mom and a tax expert for the U.S. Treasury. Stanford's med school welcomed us because it--along with Northwestern, Yale and the University of California, San Francisco, among others--believes real-world experience helps make better doctors...