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...that, but it has diverted attention from the needs of high-ability kids--and they do have needs." Perhaps A Nation Deceived will help convince schools that the gifted sometimes need to run ahead before they can walk at their own pace. --With reporting by Christine Badowski/ Chicago, Betsy Rubiner/ Des Moines and Sean Scully/ Los Angeles
Acceleration doesn't always work out, of course. Angela Carr, 34, a teacher at Kaplan Educational Services in Chicago, says her early entry into a South Side elementary school, at age 4, as well as a subsequent grade skip, hindered her upbringing. "I was so much younger than my peers," says Carr. "In high school, I was teased about being a virgin. Soon, I wanted to do the things my friends were doing, even though I was younger." As a teen, Carr started drinking with older classmates. Now she realizes that although she was "book smart," she lacked the maturity...
DIED. FRED EBB, 76, lyricist who, in partnership with composer John Kander, created the brassy, cynical-but-sweet scores of such Broadway musicals as Cabaret and Chicago; of a heart attack; in New York City. He grew up on the Lower East Side and first went to Hollywood to try to sell his short stories before turning to songwriting. After penning a few pop hits (including the novelty number Santa Baby), he teamed up with Kander for a renowned Broadway run that started with 1965's Flora the Red Menace. They were long associated with that show's star, Liza...
...lawyers and accountants I consulted tell me you have saved pretty much the bare minimum. "I'd advise holding on to all of it, even though it sounds compulsive," counsels Celeste Hammond, director of the Center for Real Estate Law at the John Marshall Law School in Chicago. Why would you need records from houses long vacated? Taxes. In 1997 the Taxpayer Relief Act changed how home sales are taxed. Before that date, you could roll over your profit into your next residence--and your next and your next, deferring taxes on gains each time. There may still be consequences...
...third member of the group to die in the past three years, was a lifelong Republican who belonged to the National Rifle Association. DIED. FRED EBB, 76, lyricist who, in partnership with composer John Kander, created the brassy, cynical-but-sweet scores of such Broadway musicals as Cabaret and Chicago; in New York City. After penning a few pop hits (including the novelty number Santa Baby), he teamed up with Kander for a long Broadway run that started with Flora the Red Menace in 1965. They were long associated with that show's star, Liza Minnelli...