Word: boys
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Vittimberga contrasts the society he encountered there with American culture. "There is a lot less emphasis on materialism there and a strong sense of community," he says. "Kids were sometimes traded within the community. While I was there a boy came over for dinner one night and just stayed...
THOMAS P. "TIP" O'Neill Jr. often recounts how, as a boy, he cut the grass in Harvard Yard. Since those years, O'Neill has done at least as much for his community and nation as the greatest whom Harvard has favored with degrees...
...know about this year's 10 honorands is that Richard von Weizsacker, the West German president who will give the commencement address, will certainly be among them. If O'Neill does not join the West German statesman on June 11, Harvard will have failed to recognize a hometown boy who has earned national distinction serving the Cambridge community the University shares...
...Neill, despite his national prominence, always lived by his adage, "all politics is local." He still has his hair cut at the same barbershop he patronized as a boy. Honoring O'Neill is the least Harvard could do to recognize its intimate relationship with the community and to display esteem for a Cambridge boy who has distinguished himself beyond need for additional honor...
However the syndrome is discovered, the first few years of the infant's life are crucial. The greatest improvement among slow-learning or mentally retarded Fragile X children occurs when therapy begins early. Both Lancaster boys have undergone intensive speech, language, balance and coordination training, along with a more controversial treatment with the vitamin folic acid. The younger boy, now 8, seems to be calmer and more attentive than his ten-year-old brother, possibly because his treatment began earlier in life. "We've seen a lot of improvement," says Lancaster. "The boys are both in the Cub Scouts...