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...levels, are nonetheless robust, tightening the competition for spots in the best schools. At the same time, almost all those schools have democratized their admissions policies, meaning it's no longer just the elite who can attend. With competition getting ever keener, kids have to do ever more to distinguish themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Quest For A Super Kid | 4/30/2001 | See Source »

...scope and did a search. "When I looked out to Oahu I could see the peaks of the mountains and then a white belt. I thought, 'That's odd--I've never seen that before.'" The white haze made the small white hull of the Ehime Maru hard to distinguish. Waddle did not linger, though, since he was eager to impress his guests. He ordered the ship to dive deep and then rocket back up to the surface. In retrospect he concedes he was pushing ahead too quickly. "I didn't give the men the time they needed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bitter Passage | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

...levels, are nonetheless robust, tightening the competition for spots in the best schools. At the same time, almost all those schools have democratized their admissions policies, meaning it's no longer just the ?lite who can attend. With competition getting ever keener, kids have to do ever more to distinguish themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Quest For A Superkid | 4/22/2001 | See Source »

...knowledge that you will forgive them for whatever they break or spill or forget, if they learn to share because you are sharing, if they don't have to fight for your attention, those skills may serve them better in the adventure that is kindergarten than being able to distinguish the octagon from the hexagon or fuchsia from lilac. The best news about raising a super child is that the secret to doing it is not to try too hard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Kids (Really) Need | 4/22/2001 | See Source »

...Those were among the main conclusions of a panel of distinguished economists and trade experts who met at TIME's behest in Miami to consider the prospects for the FTAA. Despite many question marks surrounding the negotiations in the short term, there was a strong tone of optimism among most panelists about prospects for the deal and its beneficial effects in a faltering economic climate. There was also a firm conviction that the countries of the hemisphere are more strongly committed to the free-trade process than they often appear to be. "It is very important to distinguish substantive difficulties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum on the Future | 4/19/2001 | See Source »

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