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...through songs they know by heart (Good News, Jesus Died for Me!) and a Bible lesson ("Heaven's a perfect place. And Jesus wants you to live there!"). It sounds and feels like Sunday school, but it's Wednesday. This is the meeting of Pleasant Gap Elementary's Good News Club, a weekly event on school property, run by an outfit called the Child Evangelism Fellowship...
...sustain interest in the club, leaders use every imaginable child enticement: colorful Jesus dolls, cheery songs and mountains of sugar. The Pleasant Gap session starts with a round of cookies. At another club nearby, kids who answer scriptural questions get pelted with candy fired out of a spring-loaded catapult. Children get $1 in fake money for coming and $2 for bringing a friend. Every few months, they can redeem the "money" for--guess what?--more candy...
...year into his term, he is still struggling, personally and politically, to find his voice. He has surrounded himself with a group of thirtysomething aides known as the "Boy Scouts." That has emboldened critics and possibly created a gap that even his enthusiasm can't bridge. "He freezes too many people out, even from his own party," complains former adviser turned political columnist Hu Chung-hsin. "He doesn't know how to make a deal." Chen has vowed to form a coalition with one of the two opposition parties after December's legislative elections. The challenge may be to find...
...China, not just as a place to invest in but a good place to live. Roughly 300,000 people, mostly managers, have moved to China, and Shanghai is the hottest destination. "The more business moves to China, and the more people leave, the faster China closes the technology gap," worries Lee Tai-an of the Ministry of Economic Affairs' Industrial Development Bureau...
...apart are developmentally doomed to a lifetime of rivalry, with their weary parents as eternal referees. But what if you learned there are proven strategies for helping closely spaced siblings get along? Perhaps you would be tempted to buck the trend that's led to an average four-year gap between American siblings, up from 3 1/2 years a generation ago. Though it may be heresy for parents who do everything by the book, perhaps you would choose the sweet, messy bounty of having your kids close together. Among the positives: closely spaced siblings emerge from infancy in rapid succession...