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Johnson, who runs PrepMatters, an SAT-coaching firm in Bethesda, Md., not only advises his students to eat a good breakfast before the exam; he also helps them use practice tests to determine which snacks sustain them best. "It made a difference," says Jan Evans, whose son Walker was coached by Johnson two years ago. Though he ran out of steam during a practice test when he had eaten beef jerky, Walker fared better on the granola bars and bananas that Johnson recommended. "He was surprised he wasn't burned out," says Evans, who was impressed...
While no one has done a controlled study on which foods are best for test takers, nutrition experts offer some commonsense advice. "For starters, I'd suggest that the child get up early enough so that he or she can have a balanced breakfast," says pediatrician W. Allan Walker, author of the new book Eat, Play, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Medical School Guide to Healthy Eating for Kids (McGraw-Hill; 272 pages). "Letting them sleep 20 minutes more and then stuffing something in their hand on the way out is probably not in the child's best interest...
...experts reviewed six major brands of sweetened cereals—including General Mills, Kelloggs, and Post—that have released “low-sugar” versions of popular breakfast treats. The research was conducted in response to a request from the Associated Press and reported earlier this week...
During a recent breakfast meeting between Howard Chao, the partner in charge of O'Melveny & Myers' Asia practice, and a Silicon Valley venture-capital tycoon shopping for a lawyer with expertise there, the conversation was less a sales pitch by Chao than a freewheeling exchange about corporate-finance trends and upcoming investment opportunities. The portfolio manager left the meeting enlightened about the Chinese business landscape, and Chao got a new client as well as a referral to a company in the VC's portfolio that might also need his counsel. Most people would call that rainmaking. Chao calls it "knowledge...
...those opportunities. Warren writes in that chapter, "Great opportunities to serve never last long. They pass quickly, sometimes never to return again. You may only get one chance to serve that person, so take advantage of that moment." Smith did. By her account, she talked to him, made breakfast, told him her story, listened. And as she revealed her openness to grace, so, apparently, did he. "He said he thought I was an angel sent from God and that I was his sister and he was my brother in Christ and that he was lost, and God led him right...