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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Unaware of such criticism, Pontius, who wasinterviewed by phone last Friday, says she plansto expand her research and examine a possible linkbetween the inability to represent faces correctlyand the literacy level of today's adolescents...

Author: By Renee J. Raphael, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Professor Links Cave Paintings to Illiteracy | 4/21/1998 | See Source »

...these are just growing pains for a park that is a living organism. Its cast of star characters is bound to expand and contract. "Animals will be born and, unfortunately, animals will die," Wolff says. "That's part of the natural process." Some local fauna have already squatted in these fabulous digs. And the park itself will grow. Next year the Asia section opens, with a flume thrill ride and a second safari. A still more remote realm, a kind of beastly kingdom, will feature creatures from fantasy. Eisner also hopes to devote an area to domesticated animals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leisure: Beauty and the Beasts | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

...have implemented "socialized recess," in which children are required to take part in monitored activities such as dance or gymnastics. In addition, more and more parents have begun to focus their children's energies on piano lessons or organized sports. Especially in affluent areas, there is increased pressure to expand the curriculum to include the arts. But while these "alternatives" can be useful, they cannot completely replace recess. The fact that recess is unstructured and free is precisely what makes it so valuable...

Author: By Richard S. Lee, | Title: Hanging On to Monkey Bars | 4/17/1998 | See Source »

...support Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 in his crusade to ban smoking in all Harvard dorms. Students will welcome this long-anticipated policy that follows a trend to expand non-smoking areas both in Cambridge and around the country...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Ifs, Ands or Butts | 4/14/1998 | See Source »

Borders are mankind's way of measuring power. They expand and shrink, bend and break at the touch of human ambition. But as the century's empires came and left, life kept up its relentless pace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Warp | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

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