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...right to put their toys away. Yes, they know even at seven, unless they have a disability. Seven has traditionally been considered the age of reason, a rough turning point in moral development. For more than a century, English common law has held that children under seven cannot commit crimes (but that those over seven can). "There used to be an old expression, 'Give me a child till he's seven, and I'll give you the adult,'" recalls Brian McSweeney, a vice chancellor of the Archdiocese of New York. There's more than a grain of truth in that...
...having to wait outside. "Kendall's job will be to sit there with a briefcase full of socks ready to stuff them into his mouth," jokes a Washington defense lawyer. Kendall might also remind the questioners that they are talking to the President of the U.S.--a protocol Clinton cannot enforce himself. But Kendall can do only so much. If he pulls on the President's sleeve one time too many, the interruption may run afoul of whatever deal he and Starr worked out and the independent counsel may appeal to the judge to silence Kendall or remove him from...
...best sellers, for which volume sales allow cheap prices. All other books they supply their customers are ordered from the same national distributors that many independent bookstores use. But as a plus, specialty bookstores have in stock many titles that Amazon and Barnes & Noble don't usually carry and cannot quickly acquire. SHIRLEY BLAKLEY Professional Book Sellers Nashville, Tenn...
While the university does receive significantfederal, state and local funding, Covello ruledYale "cannot be considered a state actor" becausethe state of Connecticut does not "appoint amajority of the members to Yale's governingboard...
...According to Derek Sears, the journal's editor, the clincher came when AH 84001 was compared with rocks from the moon -- the control experiment of lifelessness. "Within an hour of looking at the lunar meteorites, we knew," said Sears. "We found objects on the lunar meteorites that we cannot distinguish from the Martian meteorites." What's more, iron oxide crystals on the rock suggest it was formed at temperatures eight times higher than boiling water -- too high to support life. Not that this means the Red Planet is and always was a dead planet; we just have to look...