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...Brazill didn't at that instant grasp the grim future that awaits him, it probably won't take him long. Next month the judge will mete out a sentence that could mean a lifetime in prison. And if Brazill needs a clearer picture of what's in store for him, the prison life of other school shooters will give him an idea. These young gunmen, at the moment of their wrathful outbursts, were often filled with a sense of potency and triumph or at least relief that whatever or whoever was troubling them had been exorcised. But those sensations generally...
...eleven-point difference between Harvard and Brown was the closest the Crimson had come to the Bears at Outdoor Heps since 1995. A victory could have been well within Harvard's grasp had a few more results swung its way down the stretch...
...judging from Harvard’s performance this past weekend at the New England Team Racing championships on the Charles River, there is no doubt that the Crimson skippers and crew have a firm grasp on each of these requisites...
When it comes to other skills, such as math or music, there is virtually no evidence for learning windows at all. Children grasp things at different rates, and parents whose child can read by age 3 may thus conclude that they somehow threaded the teaching needle perfectly, introducing letters and words at just the right time. But the reality is often that they simply got lucky and had a kid who took a shine early on to a particular skill. "People took the notion of a critical period and misunderstood it to apply to all learning," says Dr. Sparrow...
GOOD Fisher-Price Kick & Play Piano ($25) attaches to the crib. Babies learning to kick and grasp are rewarded with songs, sounds and twinkling lights. Once babies learn to sit, at around seven months, the toy can be played on the floor like a piano...