Word: development
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...participant brings to ACT '97. Many students will have experience with political organizing, and many others will bring an untested passion for change. Many will arrive simply to discover a way to contribute to a much needed campus and community political voice on these issues. ACT '97 aims to develop viable strategies for organizing from these perspectives...
...live in a society which doesnt make people feel good about themselves," said Myers. "[The house] gives [the children] an opportunity to develop self esteem. There also is emotional development such as learning how to control yourself. [Part of the reason why we succeed is because] the kids arent [at the house in our care] just for two or three hours. We have them for two to three years, so we can do a little each...
...call for greater social spending as the way to help young brains develop properly misses the mark. Where is the demand for greater individual responsibility? Now, more than ever, prospective parents must carefully consider the time commitment required to raise children. The new findings call for people to take greater responsibility for their actions, not for the government to increase spending on social programs. MICHAEL V. IPPOLITO JR. Bedminster, New Jersey...
...experiences...produce rich brains." Music provides some of the richest a child can have. It is never too early to start exposing your kids to it. Infants as young as four months old have defined tastes in music. If we parents, educators and policymakers expect our children to fully develop as human beings, we need to tend to their needs right from the start, and those needs include music. JOHN J. MAHLMANN, Executive Director Music Educators National Conference Reston, Virginia...
...response: He asked for a commission to review the implications. Wilmut and his colleagues at the Roslyn Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland, will publish a report on the sheep cloning Thursday in the journal Nature. Previously, scientists had cloned less complex life forms, like tadpoles, but the tadpoles had never developed into frogs. In the sheep experiment, tissue was taken from the ewe's udder and cultivated in a lab, using a process that rendered the cells essentially dormant. They also took unfertilized sheep eggs, removed the nucleus, and then fused them with cells from the udder. The eggs, now equipped...