Word: hamburger
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...David Hamburg does not flinch from using strong words. The U.S., he says, is committing "atrocities" on its children. "We've already lost a substantial portion of the generation of kids under age 16," declares Hamburg, president of the Carnegie Corporation, a leading foundation in child- development research. "They're lost to drug abuse, crime and teen pregnancy, but also to more subtle corrosives like malnutrition, illiteracy and poor self-esteem...
...destruction that Hamburg chronicles in his new book, Today's Children: Creating a Future for a Generation in Crisis (Times Books, 376 pages, $25), has been inadvertent, a by-product of the social and economic changes that have convulsed U.S. families in recent decades. But Americans -- from government officials to educators to parents -- have been shamefully slow in addressing the impact of such upheavals on youngsters. "Among the more developed countries of Western Europe and Japan," says Hamburg, a noted psychiatrist and educator, "the U.S. now ranks in the bottom quartile in caring for children...
...early adolescence. Brain damage to the fetus through malnutrition or drug abuse can diminish intellectual ability. And failure to form a secure attachment to an adult in the first two years of life can hamper a child's learning as well as emotional growth. To forestall such damage, Hamburg asserts, women must have access to prenatal care, drug-treatment programs and nutrition counseling. It also helps to assign parental mentors to new mothers (and fathers), and to consolidate social and health services into "one-stop shopping" at local hospitals and clinics...
...Naomi M. Hamburg '92 was a member of the Date Rape Task Force...
According to Task Force member Naomi Hamburg, those of the report's rape provisions that govern sexual intercourse, including such activities as vaginal sex and fellatio, apply penalties only to male offenders. The provisions permit the Administrative Board to sanction men for engaging in sex with a willing partner whom the Board later deems was incapable of "reasoned consent" because of alcohol intake. According to report coauthor Dean Janet Viggiani, mere alcohol influence, rather than full-fledged intoxication, can justify a rape conviction. A man can be convicted even if the sexual act was non-forcible and initiated...