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Women's groups were furious at a Michigan judge's decision to take away a woman's three-year-old daughter because she had placed the child in day care while attending college. Circuit Court Judge Raymond Cashen awarded custody of the toddler, Maranda, to her father, arguing that "strangers" would care for her at a day-care center while mother Jennifer Ireland, 19, attends the University of Michigan. The child will spend days in her new home with her paternal grandmother while dad works. TIME Midwest correspondent Wendy Cole says the judge's language reflects the rhetoric...
...Diller wasn't furious at the Robertses, others were mad enough at the family to make up for the omission. "Hollywood couldn't have written a script like this," snapped a source close to CBS chairman Laurence Tisch. "All these cable-cum-broadcasting people, they have three traits: they're phenomenally greedy, they're phenomenally jealous, and they're filled with a lot of hate for their competitors...
Dusty Nash, an angelic-looking blond child of seven, awoke at 5 one recent morning in his Chicago home and proceeded to throw a fit. He wailed. He kicked. Every muscle in his 50-lb. body flew in furious motion. Finally, after about 30 minutes, Dusty pulled himself together sufficiently to head downstairs for breakfast. While his mother bustled about the kitchen, the hyperkinetic child pulled a box of Kix cereal from the cupboard and sat on a chair...
PERSONALITY OR PATHOLOGY? While Chuck Pearson's problems were extreme, many if not all adults have trouble at times sticking with boring tasks, setting priorities and keeping their minds on what they are doing. The furious pace of society, the strain on families, the lack of community support can make anyone feel beset by ADD. "I personally think we are living in a society that is so out of control that we say, 'Give me a stimulant so I can cope.' " says Charlotte Tomaino, a clinical neuropsychologist in White Plains, New York. As word of ADHD spreads, swarms of adults...
Some would say he was also a very good predator. Stories of Diller's temper and hauteur still raise hackles around many a Hollywood campfire. It's said that Diller, furious at Fox programmer Stephen Chao, threw a videotape past Chao, making a dent in the wall; Chao framed the dent. Thus does Diller, whose stare can go through you like a power drill, inspire passions and animosities. Says a studio executive: "People who have worked for Barry and then escaped have a secret handshake. They consider themselves lucky survivors, like the Schindler Jews...