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...alarming to any parent who has ever come up against the intransigence, sneakiness or willfulness of a child--which is to say, just about every parent of an adolescent. In recent years, states have championed a variety of approaches to stemming the nation's soaring juvenile-crime rate, from boot camp to charging children with adult crimes. Among the most popular--and controversial--are laws that hold parents accountable for the sins of their children. In 1995 alone, 10 states and a number of communities enacted sanctions against parents, from counseling to jail time...
...bayonets into any disturbed soil. One afternoon, an engineer several yards in front of Robb struck a detonator with his bayonet. "He was literally vaporized right in front of my eyes," Robb remembered. "We searched for 30 minutes. But the only thing we could come up with was one boot with a foot...
...bright dialogue and strong characters than most novels twice its length. The generous spirit is best reflected by Daugherty's dying father, who jauntily toasts his own send-off with a growler of ale and an intimation of paradise that, he says, resembles the inside of a fireman's boot. "That's not what heaven looks like," says his priest. "Then," replies the elder Daugherty, "I'm goin' someplace else." Fiction is full of men and women who can be larger than life. In his best novel so far, Kennedy gives us "splendid nobodies" who are larger than death...
...strong characters than most novels twice its length," says Sheppard. "The generous spirit is best reflected by Daugherty's dying father, who jauntily toasts his own send-off with a growler of ale and an intimation of paradise that, he says, resembles the inside of a fireman's boot. "That1s not what heaven looks like," says his priest. "Then," replies the elder Daugherty, "I'm goin' someplace else." Fiction is full of men and women who can be larger than life. In his best novel so far, Kennedy gives us 'splendid nobodies' who are larger than death...
Sources--GOOD NEWS: Journal of the American Medical Association; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; New England Journal of Medicine BAD NEWS: Journal of the American Medical Association; American Psychosomatic Society meeting; National Institute of Health GIVING BOUTROS THE BOOT...