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...still toting the cardboard box that had been his bed at a relocation center in Malaysia. Now he's an honors student at the local junior high, while Michael has become a computer whiz with his sights set on Princeton. Meanwhile, Joe Mazzafro is applying his methods to Brandon, 9, his third adopted son, who tumbled through nine foster homes in his first eight years. When he joined the family last year, he was so anxious to please that he was constantly hopping up to get things for his prospective father -- a drink of water, a napkin, anything. "Finally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adoption: Nobody's Children | 10/9/1989 | See Source »

...Brandon F. R. Bracken...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Congratulations Crimson Class of '89! | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

Generations' game is considerably more radical. A program integrating the two races as equal partners might just attract more viewers among blacks, who constitute a significant 20% of the daytime audience. "Nobody," says NBC entertainment President Brandon Tartikoff, "had tried to create a show for a large black population that exists in daytime audiences. I thought we should do it." Serials, moreover, can be long-lived (Guiding Light is in its 37th year), and NBC thinks it has designed a breakthrough, "a new automobile for the late 20th century," says Tartikoff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: A Soap Goes Black and White | 3/27/1989 | See Source »

Goaltending Player G W-L-T Min Svs PctGAA Brandon Reed 3 1-0-1 110 31 .911 1 .63 Bruce Hoffort 42 27-8-5 2478 907 .89 3 2.64 Mike Greenlay 2 1-1-0 84 33 .8464.26 Totals 44 29-9-6 2686 971 . 888 2.73 Opponents...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: L. Superior St. (29-9-6) | 3/24/1989 | See Source »

...therapy has reputedly helped children, including those with learning disabilities, improve their reading skills because it trains the eyes to work together and scan the printed page quickly. Anita Seibert of Northridge, Calif., says the training helped her sons Matthew, 10, and Brandon, 7, both of whom had been having trouble reading and concentrating. "We tried everything, ophthalmologists, counselors," she says. After six months of therapy, the boys started "getting A's," Seibert reports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Workouts for The Eyes | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

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