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BREAST-FEEDING BONUS A study from the London Institute of Child Health has found that premature babies who were fed breast milk were not only healthier infants but later as teens also had lower blood pressure than teens who were formula-fed preemies. Researchers working at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital found that from the ages of 13 to 16 the blood pressure of breast-fed subjects in the study was on average 3 points lower than that of those who had been fed formula. It is not certain whether the same is true for nonpreemies...
...Play doesn't just make kids happy, healthy and human. It may also make them smarter, says Rosenfeld. Today's mania for raising young Einsteins, he observes, might have destroyed the real Einstein - a notorious dreamer who earned poor grades in school but somewhere in his frolics divined the formula for the relationship between matter and energy. Play refreshes and stimulates the mind, it seems. And "frequent breaks may actually make kids more interested in learning," according to Rhonda Clements, a Hofstra University professor of physical education...
...Formula One Around and Around and Around They Go in formula one motor racing, intriguing twists and turns often take place far from the racetrack. Last week, some of the sport's biggest players - which include Renault, BMW and Fiat - threatened to set up a rival world championship to take off in 2008 when their current Formula One obligations expire. The car-makers were said to be concerned that Kirch, the German broadcasting giant that recently assumed control of Formula One's broadcasting and commercial rights in conjunction with EM.TV, would take the races off terrestrial TV and put them...
This is the second time in three years Princeton has stolen a march in the tuition wars. In 1998 the university announced it would no longer count the value of an applicant family's home as part of the formula it uses to determine financial need. That change allowed many applicants to qualify for a few thousand dollars more...
...This is the second time in three years Princeton has stolen a march in the tuition wars. In 1998 the university announced it would no longer count the value of an applicant family's home as part of the formula it uses to determine financial need. That change allowed many applicants to qualify for a few thousand dollars more...