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Dwight Perkins will step down after fifteen years as director of the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID...
...Fifteen years ago, no one had ever heard of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Today it is the most common behavioral disorder in American children, the subject of thousands of studies and symposiums and no small degree of controversy. Experts on ADHD say it afflicts as many as 3 1/2 million American youngsters, or up to 5% of those under 18. It is two to three times as likely to be diagnosed in boys as in girls. The disorder has replaced what used to be popularly called "hyperactivity," and it includes a broader collection of symptoms. ADHD has three main hallmarks...
...Supreme Court. The Justices agreed to hear arguments next October about whether Arkansas voters can restrict the number of years U.S. Representatives can serve. An Arkansas appeals court threw out the state constitutional amendment limiting politicians' terms in office, as have courts in Washington and Nebraska this year. Fifteen states enacted similar laws during the "vote-the-bums-out" fervor of the last half decade...
...from Washington," says the former prosecutor. "No more looking for the cavalry to bail us out." When he took the reins in 1992, Philadelphia carried a $200 million deficit and municipal bonds with junk- level ratings. Its citizenry, meanwhile, was financially anemic from 19 tax increases in 11 years. Fifteen months later, Rendell had engineered the city's first surplus since 1987 without a tax boost...
...preliminary victory for gun-control advocates, the House Judiciary Committee approved a ban on 19 types of assault-style weapons, setting the stage for a full House vote as early as this week. Fifteen to 20 more votes are still needed to pass the bill...