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Consider the boy, at 13 or 18, through the two-way mirror at a police station - oh, he knows you're watching - and see a creature of preternatural poise. He already has the disquieting gift of lowering the temperature of any room he enters. He is armed, by birth and training, with courtly courtesy; it would be called charm, if he were human. These impeccable manners do their best to conceal two of the lad's salient traits: his contempt for people and his almost artistic curiosity in how he might hurt them...
...GIFT GIVING...
...GIFT WRAP...
Freshman André Akpan received maybe one of the most exciting presents before the gift-giving season has even begun...
...oldest baby boomers will reach 65 in four years. That generation accounts for 78 million Americans. They consume 40% of the federal budget through such programs as Social Security and Medicare. And policy experts fear that the coming wave of seniors could swamp those programs--leaving a gift of higher taxes and reduced benefits for their kids. "The crisis is coming--we know that," says Bill Novelli, CEO of AARP...