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PSLM's occupation is providing one of the first tests of HUPD's "community-oriented policing," a concept that Riley has stressed since his arrival at HUPD in 1995. Riley has attempted to foster an environment in which officers get to know students personally, creating a more secure and comfortable atmosphere...
Fusion is in, not only as an abstract fashion concept, but in that most grounded of realities: mixed-blood people who walk, talk, and produce even more multiracial progeny. Most strange of all, these hybrids are finding themselves hailed as role models for vast masses in Asia with no mixed blood at all. "When I think of Asia, I don't necessarily think of people who look like me," says Declan Wong, a Chinese-Dutch-American actor and producer, "But somehow we've become the face that sells the new Asia...
According to a Gallup poll being released by the National Marriage Project in June, 94% of single people in their 20s say that, first and foremost, they want their future spouse to be their "soul mate." But this concept of soul mates and the quest for perfection are what gets couples in trouble, says Iris Krasnow, author of Surrendering to Marriage. Krasnow taped hundreds of hours of interviews with married or formerly married couples. "You don't get sustained happiness from marriage, so if you expect this fantasy happiness, you're always going to be disappointed," she says. The couples...
...school with a mastery of these less showy abilities stand a better chance of knocking off not only reading and writing when they are eventually presented but everything else that comes along as well. "Intelligence is based on emotional adequacy," says child-development expert T. Berry Brazelton. "The concept of emotional intelligence is at the base of all this...
...complete with two arm rests, ample leg room and a running plot synopsis from the middle-aged woman in the truly unfortunate eyeglasses sitting directly behind me. For the benefit of those around her, at no additional charge, she commented upon and explained both individual performances and the design concept of the production, her scintillating observations ranging from, “Ooh, he’s quite good,” to, “Ooh, the lights just changed.” At points, I was so transfixed by her fascinating contributions that I almost forgot to loathe...