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...despite the number of deferrals, the projected yield for the class--the percentage of accepted students who decide to matriculate--could exceed last year's 78.9 percent anyway, admissions officials said...
...panel that included distinguished poets U.A. Fanthorpe and Peter Sansom selected the seven best. All entrants were messaged the final selection so they could vote for the winning ode - again by text messaging their ratings to the judges on their mobiles. The competition's main rule: no poem could exceed 160 characters, the maximum that can fit on many cell-phone screens. "Telepoetry is the newest literary form," says Keegan. "We are at the start of a literary and communications revolution...
...start by defining a few terms. Every child has his share of worries--those first-day-of-school jitters, shyness around strangers, fear of dogs or Ferris wheels. But severe social anxieties, which afflict 5% to 10% of children, are something else. These kids have anxieties that far exceed normal bounds. Fear overtakes them; they can't sleep alone, can't separate from their parents, can't bear to go to school, can't make or keep friends...
...large as the E.U.'s, seem willing to wait at least until the Administration announces an alternative plan. "U.S. participation is very important," said Japanese Environment Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi. The Japanese also agree with the U.S. on several important issues - such as emissions trading, which would permit countries that exceed their required cuts to sell credits to other countries, and counting CO2 absorption by forests as part of targeted reductions...
Where this burst of public and private activity leaves the Administration is anyone's guess. The E.U. and the other Kyoto signatories may continue to proceed as if the protocol is still alive, hammering out such complicated details as emissions trading, which would permit countries that exceed their required cuts to sell credits to other countries, allowing them to fall short of their own. The U.S. has not said it won't attend the July meeting, though things could get awkward if Washington has pulled out of the pact and sends its representatives simply for appearances. So far the White...