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...so glad that your astronomy cover story about the first stars [Sept. 4] dealt with what we astronomers really do rather than the mere semantic debate over whether Pluto is a planet or a dwarf planet. Michael Lemonick wonderfully conveyed the feeling of using a big telescope and showed how astronomers work together observing in different parts of the spectrum to gain a picture of that early stage of our universe...
...trying to figure that out how to parent. Children who are told that they're gifted, talented or special may well not perform or feel as good as a child who's merely told, you've done a job nicely, you did it well, I'm so glad you did it like that, you're doing great." Her advice to others? "Emphasize the work in itself, the process itself, the activity. The kids are trying, they're doing a good job, they're learning how to do something. Each thing they do is discrete; it's not part...
...West 57th, about a little boy named Anthony. He was a 7-year-old living an extremely difficult life in Chicago with a single mom who was quite troubled. He had a lot of strikes against him, but he was going to make it. I was glad I was able to introduce him and tell his story. He has since grown up and finished high school, which, in his family, nobody did. So he was a success...
...think it suggests that he's glad to take advantage of one type of affirmative action for his own family while opposing it for people of a different race or of lesser means...
...general I am glad they are doing this," said Kirstin Farleo, 36, who was returning to Buffalo, N.Y. "I understand why they are doing it, but it is sort of an inconvenience because all these things were in my carry-on, now I have to repack. I hope they keep it up, but it is a big pain...