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...World also runs a Web-based virtual high school for 1,000 Swedish students, which combines traditional classes with flexible online courses. And K-World is involved in corporate training, helping set up online portals which function as virtual universities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Swede Success | 3/26/2001 | See Source »

...child with plenty of loving reassurance and taking a firm but gentle hand when the object of fear - a bath, say, or the doctor - can't be avoided. It's only when extreme fears persist past age seven and significantly begin to affect the child's ability to function that clinicians become concerned. "When young children are doing well despite their fears, we don't intervene," says Phillipson. "When an older child starts to suffer at home or at school, it's time to get involved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What About the Kids? | 3/25/2001 | See Source »

...Comics and dreams form a perfect marriage of form and function. With "The Extended Dream of Mr. D," Max has given us one of the top examples of both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Goes On Behind Closed Eyes | 3/23/2001 | See Source »

Assistant Provost Marsha K. Semuels said that the provost's office performs a unique and valuable function...

Author: By Andrew J. Miller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fineberg To Resign as Provost | 3/22/2001 | See Source »

...health problems were to force Cheney to slow down and reduce his portfolio--adopting work habits more like Bush's--the President would at the very least have to make adjustments to his routine. A lightened Cheney work load wouldn't rob Bush of his Veep's most important function--offering advice and counsel--but it would put a heavier burden on other top aides. Bush might have to do more of the things Cheney now does for him that staff members can't, like tending to conservatives on Capitol Hill and resolving disputes between Cabinet Secretaries. If Cheney were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Easy Does It | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

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