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...PROBLEM: Harry's archnemesis, Voldemort, is seeking the Sorcerer's Stone, a magical artifact that could make him immortal. Harry has to find it first--and get his homework done...
...number of colleges are assigning homework before their freshmen even set foot on campus--mandatory summer reading. The schools typically choose one book that will spark debate, remind freshmen that there is life outside the undergraduate ivory tower--and not be too heavy to make it from the bookshelf to the beach. Here's a look at some books on incoming freshmen's reading lists for this summer. --By Molly Worthen...
Palmeri did his homework before giving up on ob-gyn. He attended a workshop held by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, at which he heard alarming stories of physicians turning away high-risk patients for fear of litigation, or losing their practice because of skyrocketing insurance costs. Palmeri then observed the civil trial of a Wilson, N.C., obstetrician who was sued after the plaintiff's baby suffered neurological damage during birth. The doctor claimed that the plaintiff had refused to have a C-section despite his insistence that a vaginal birth would endanger both mother and baby...
...child's mastery of Grand Theft Auto to secure him admission to Yale. "These are not skills required to do well at school," says Daphne Bavelier, a brain-and cognitive-sciences professor at the University of Rochester and the study's lead author. "Kids still have to do their homework." --By Janice M. Horowitz
...only in her 40s, when the symptoms of dementia began to appear. She had a rare form of progressive aphasia that would sap her language skills and force her to retire from teaching at 52. But even as she was losing the ability to make lesson plans, grade homework or remember the names of her students, her artistic vision seemed to be expanding (see right). "Her painting became wilder and freer and more original as her language declined," says Dr. Bruce Miller, a neurologist at the University of California at San Francisco, who is the lead author of a report...