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...Sara cradled 2-week-old Candace in a gym while watching eldest son Anthony play an A.A.U. game (Anthony, 30, spent three years in the NBA and now plays professionally in Israel). Growing up in Naperville, Ill., a Chicago suburb, Parker initially rebelled against the family passion, until seventh grade, when her height practically demanded that she take up the game. Her father Larry, who played at the University of Iowa in the 1970s, doubled as her A.A.U. coach. "My dad was so hard on me that I didn't think I was good," says Parker. Another older brother, Marcus...
...opportunity to lead normal, happy lives at some point during the months of October and November. Professors and the Administration need to realize that a second set of equally weighted midterms isn’t the only or even the best way of giving students chances to improve their grades. Instead, there needs to be a designated period of about two weeks in each semester during which the first and only set of midterms will be administered. These tests can count for about 15 percent or 20 percent of the grade, just as they do now, and can fairly...
...secret briefing for U.S. Senators on Oct. 26, a senior U.S. intelligence official tells TIME, Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte was pointedly neutral on Vice President Dick Cheney's Capitol Hill lobbying to have the CIA exempted from legislation banning mistreatment of detainees. "It's above my pay grade," the spymaster said, then artfully dodged another question about whether the harsher interrogation tactics Cheney wants the agency to be free to use actually produce valuable intelligence...
...hockey bug seemed harmless when he first caught it—just add it to the list of carpools, Betty and Will Hafner shrugged. Their son’s first-grade class included two boys who skated on a youth team boasting pint-sized hockey sweaters. Moreover, the boys’ fathers’ had season tickets to the NHL’s Washington Capitals...
Approximately 90 third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade girls from across Boston had the run—literally—of Harvard Athletic facilities Saturday as part of the “Health and Sports Day” sponsored by Harvard Strong Women, Strong Girls (SWSG). “The idea of Health and Sports Day is to introduce girls to healthy habits at an early age,” said Asya Troychansky ’07, events coordinator for SWSG. Troychansky, who is also a Crimson editor, said the event was organized in response to cuts in physical education...