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...gender straitjacketing" starts, Pollack says, during the early years, when boys suffer their first and most momentous trauma: premature separation from their well-meaning mothers. Fearful that maintaining a close connection will result in the shaming of their sons (name calling from peers, disapproval from adults), mothers disconnect, usually by the time their boys are five or six. When boys feel ashamed of their dependence on Mom, when they are discouraged from emotional expression, they withdraw, creatively and psychically. They become lost...
...these parallels are merely coincidental, others are not easily dismissed. Once again the murderous drama features a troubled youth and a community in which obtaining guns is easy. Once again a high school becomes the stage, with classmates the unwitting cast. And once again there is a chilling disconnect, with adolescents shrugging off his threats of violence as idle chatter and harried school administrators ignoring the warning signs...
...drugs that can knock out cancer in mice sent patient hopes (and stock prices) soaring. But it also presented the type of challenge that is particularly important in covering potential medical breakthroughs, especially ones in which "cure" and "cancer" appear in the same sentence. "We were seeing a disturbing disconnect between the headlines and the actual science," says science editor Philip Elmer-DeWitt, whose staff was already reporting a cover on cancer. "We thought we could separate the hope from the hype with some expert explaining...
...just bought a DVD player and can't wait to watch favorite flicks like E.T. and Gremlins, better not disconnect your dusty old VCR. Although there are nearly half a million DVD machines in U.S. homes, STEVEN SPIELBERG is keeping his entire film library--including pictures produced by his company Amblin--off the format. Some DVD boosters think Spielberg is resisting because he favors a sonics alternative made by Digital Theater Systems, a company he partly owns, which has not been embraced by major hardware manufacturers. The director's spokesman says he's merely waiting for millions more consumers...
...stay with EF Au Pair so long? The program costs a fraction of what a nanny charges, and the glitches didn't seem insurmountable. Besides, we really did want it to work. So what went wrong? It's clear to me now that there's a tremendous disconnect between au pairs and host families. Many au pairs are oblivious to the daily rigors that await them in tending to small children. Their main aspiration is to be far away from their own homes; girls just wanna have fun. To them, it's an adventure...