Word: developable
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...judges,’” Daniloff recalls.Daniloff neither bribed the judges, nor received the scholarship. But he did fulfill his father’s wish that he get into a final club.“My father, being an immigrant and refugee, was anxious for me to develop strong American roots,” Daniloff says. “With this mentality that everything gets done through bribes and personal contacts, he thought that I should get into a final club if at all possible.”While he was admitted to the Spee Club, Daniloff says...
...applaud the trend. Young people who "age out" of foster care because they fail to get adopted by the time they turn 18 are especially at risk for homelessness, unemployment and incarceration. "When you grow up in foster care, you just don't get the skills it takes to develop a successful adulthood," says Brenda McCreight, author of Parenting Your Older Adopted Child...
...boys Time spoke to, none suggested they had feelings for the girls they were texting. Would a boy ever tell his mates he was crazy about a girl? "Only if he wanted to be beaten up," says Tank. Unsurprisingly, girls see things differently. "I don't think you can develop a meaningful relationship around texting," says Kathleen. She and her friends are more likely to find boyfriends at their school and have text relationships with boys from other schools. "Sometimes you want the affection of a relationship," says Nina. "But other times you just want a little fun where nobody...
...other networks have not jumped into the telenovela's arms quite as eagerly. ABC is hedging its bets, developing a remake of a telenovela from Colombia called Yo Soy Betty, la Fea (I Am Betty, the Ugly One) that transformed itself into a global hit. Local versions of Betty's ugly-duckling story won huge audiences in Germany, India and Russia, but ABC will air it as a once-a-week prime-time comedy. As the network responsible for Desperate Housewives, the closest thing to a network telenovela today, ABC has a good shot at creating a successful hybrid...
Alcohol and pregnancy don't mix. Fortunately, most women who drink cut their consumption dramatically once they realize they are carrying, and the number of children who develop the severest alcohol-related effects is relatively small: from 0.5 to 2.0 per 1,000 live births in the U.S. But doctors still don't know what harm--if any--comes from light to moderate drinking during pregnancy, which is why they caution expectant mothers not to drink...