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...much higher rates of sexually transmitted disease than adults. And kids spend less time outdoors these days (only 25 minutes a week for the average 6-to-12-year-old) and more time with Wiis and iPods. Kids' lives are also indisputably more scheduled now, partly because the baby boomlet has made élite college admissions tougher. But last year a team led by Joseph Mahoney of the Yale psychology department wrote a paper for the journal Social Policy Report showing that most of the scheduling is beneficial: kids' well-being tends to improve when they participate in extracurriculars...
...particular his candidacy has helped highlight a question that dogs Clinton constantly: even if she wins the nomination, can she win a general election? In fact, it's Obama, not Clinton, who seems to have struck the most fear in potential Presidential rivals: Edwards' staff has watched the Obama boomlet rise with particular trepidation, and it's a safe bet that the enthusiasm Obama drew in New Hampshire helped seal Indiana Senator Evan Bayh's decision...
WHAT THE BUZZ IS SAYING: That it is a movie Angelenos--who constitute the Academy's majority--perhaps like and identify with more than the rest of the country does. There's a sense of a little Crash boomlet beginning to crest on the West Coast. And that might cause a surprise on March...
Despite these inconveniences, golf Afghan-style is witnessing a boomlet. The nine-hole Kabul Golf Club boasts some 60 members, drawn mostly from the armies of aid workers and expatriate businessmen who have flooded the capital since the fall of the Taliban. The club's revival reflects Kabul's transformation, from a dusty no-man's-land to a bustling hub of commerce. Earlier this month the city opened its first five-star hotel; rooms start at $250 a night...
...from polishing glasses for a formal meal to packing a suitcase for a quick trip; and Man at His Best by the editors of Esquire magazine (Addison-Wesley; 262 pages; $24.95), which features fashion layouts and hot styling tips inspired by Esquire's own glossy pages. This fastidious little boomlet in male-fashion authority has been encouraged by Esquire and GQ, which cuts made-to-order features for the yupscale market. The inspiration could in part be a White House incumbent, whose folksy nattiness is a considerable part of his charm, but men's clothing is a thriving business. Anyone...