Word: dependence
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...ability to think like a teenager and a marketing executive at the same time. His concept for Glory Days (the WB, Wednesdays, 9 p.m. E.T.) is flawless: if the only reason Murder, She Wrote isn't still on the air is that its viewers brought in only Depend commercials, then make a Murder, She Wrote for teens. The lead character here is dark but likable young mystery novelist Mike Dolan (Eddie Cahill), and the setting is a crime-beleaguered Northeastern vacation island that happens to employ the world's hottest coroner (Poppy Montgomery), who could become the hero's love...
...moved 16 strong to the Windrows in Princeton, N.J., an assisted-living community. There, as before, they regularly lunch and play tennis. The going is getting a little tougher. Two members have been widowed; one has Alzheimer's; two suffer from macular degeneration. Those who can't drive must depend on the others. Still, single or married, ill or well, everyone is included...
Similar accommodations need to be made for other behavioral problems. Parents of overactive children, for example, may need to allow for a certain level of tumult while lightly tapping the kids' behavioral brakes. The strategies parents adopt depend on the personality of the child, something that's best identified with the help of a professional. "Pediatricians and family doctors know about this," says Diller. "But they practice behavioral intervention in only a limited...
...Will failing schools, in search of a quick fix, rely on outside test-prep companies or repetitive drilling sessions? Will they de-emphasize (or even eliminate) subjects that aren't tested like history and art? Or will the tests inspire genuine institutional change? The answers depend in large part on two factors that are not covered by the legislation: the quality of the tests themselves and what, precisely, it means for a student to pass...
...great leap forward from a longer arm for the law to "1984" will have to be made by the private sector. How well a watchful federal government will actually be able to track its citizens will depend on how many places demand to see your driver's license. Airports already do. So do some supermarkets, if you're buying beer. But what about malls? Movie theaters? Sports stadiums? Banks and their ATMs? If all the places you go demand a swipe to weed out terrorists - and are willing to pay for the technology to do the swiping - then...