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...Holograms” was a group of five dolls originally created by Hasbro in 1985. When Jem first debuted on shelves, she was meant to serve as the antiBarbie and had a lot more going on than the other dolls in her cohort. She even came with a nice little background story to prove it. Little girls everywhere were fed the tale of Jem: pop diva by night, successful Starlight Records CEO Jerrica Benton by day. Always generous, Benton even donated all of the profits of Starlight Records to an orphanage. But the coolest part about Benton was her transformation?...
...hazards of contraceptives. The other camp, backed by virtually every major medical organization, contends it is irresponsible to deny kids information about condoms. Now, as Congress is weighing President Bush's proposal to boost abstinence funding by 33% to $135 million, those allegiances are shifting. A small but vocal cohort of doctors has gone to the abstention side. "I used to think all we had to do was dump condoms in the schools and be done with it," says Sulak. "But after reviewing the data, I've had to do a 180 on kids...
While emotional turmoil is part of being a teenager, Nicole Cabezas is among a growing cohort of kids whose unsteady psyches do not simply rise and fall now and then but whipsaw violently from one extreme to another. Bipolar disorder--once known as manic depression, always known as a ferocious mental illness--seems to be showing up in children at an increasing rate, and that has taken a lot of mental-health professionals by surprise. The illness until recently was thought of as the rare province of luckless adults--the overachieving businessman given to sullen lows and impulsive highs...
...figure skater who strenuously promoted Marina's career--were startling if not downright incriminating. In one, the Uzbek promised, "We are going to make your daughter an Olympic champion. Even if she falls, we will make sure she is No. 1." In another, a Frenchman called Chevalier (presumably a cohort) is heard assuring the Uzbek, "Even if the Canadians are 10 times better, the French with their vote have given them [the Russians] first place. You understand...
...Professor of History and of Afro-American Studies Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Tishman and Diker Professor of Sociology and of Afro-American Studies Lawrence D. Bobo and Boskey Professor of Law Lani Guinier ’71, among others, as members of “the younger age-cohort of progressive Black intellectuals at Harvard whom I thought would join” the scrutiny of Gates’ work...