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...heavier by the time they were 12, compared with kids who were better able to control their impulses. Not only did low-scoring kids gain more weight, but they also gained it faster, showing the most rapid increases in BMI over the nine years of the study's follow-up. (Read TIME's 2008 cover story "Our Super-Sized Kids...
...will get you only so far. In the run-up to the G-20, continental European powers such as France and Germany made it clear that they viewed with distaste the principal U.S. prescription for recovery: a massive fiscal stimulus to boost demand. Similarly, at the NATO summit to follow the G-20 meeting, Obama could expect to be met with warm words but few pledges of the troops he would like to augment U.S. forces in Afghanistan...
...congratulations to South Carolina for recognizing the importance of comprehensive sex education for our young people [March 30]. Other Southern states should follow suit and realize that holier-than-thou abstinence and "Just say no" platitudes do not impact young people whose hormones are raging and whose self-image may not be as secure as it seems. Linda Jewell, SILVER SPRINGS...
...Many students concentrate in Government hoping to tackle questions like “What is justice?” or “Who should rule?” Unfortunately, their courses more often dissect queries like “Does Representative X follow the constituency’s preferences on policies A, B, and C?” That’s because many political scientists consider themselves solely scientists: They describe what is, not what should...
...combination that could yet trump a highly-regarded Defense Secretary and President. Still, Gates has the backing of President Obama as well as that of Senator John McCain, who on Monday released a statement signaling his "strong support" of the proposed cuts. Convincing the rest of Capitol Hill to follow suit, however, will be a major battle...