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...their exchanges with their kids. It's a three-way interaction, with TV affecting both children and their parents, and the parents' detachment further impairing their children. For the first time, Christakis' group even quantified exactly the degree to which TV-viewing can cripple parent-child communication: for every hour a television was turned on, babies heard 770 fewer words from an adult, the new study found. Conversational exchanges between baby and parent dropped 15%, as did the overall number of vocalizations made by children...
...document each "vocal event," Christakis outfitted 329 babies and children, ages 2 months to 4 years, with pager-sized recorders on their chests that recorded every audible sound either the baby or any adult made over a 16-hour period. Each child wore the monitor for one randomly assigned day a month for up to two years. In addition, the recorder captured sound from a television whenever it was turned on within earshot of the baby. Specially designed software then coded all audible sounds made or heard when the TV was both...
...nearby Guanling, a one-stoplight town where the average income is less than $150 a year, view it as crucial to economic development and improvement in their lives. "I really cannot wait for the bridge to be completed," says Yuan Bo, 25, a graphic designer who takes a two-hour bus ride every week from his home in Anshun to help in his family's Guanling restaurant...
...dubious distinction” of being the only graduate student in the show, she said. Kumar, at the time a sophomore, made the first move by e-mailing Aggarwal, a graduate student in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, after the show. The two had a four-hour first date at Café Pamplona and spent nearly all their time together while Aggarwal finished his master’s degree. When he graduated that spring, they continued to see each other long-distance. Kumar made frequent trips to New Haven, where Aggarwal is now conducting a residency at Yale to become...
...down his third interception of the day—this one in the endzone to seal the victory. The win at Franklin Field set up Harvard for a shot at the Ivy title against Yale in the 125th edition of The Game.The single-digit temperatures and 30 mile-per-hour winds stalled the Crimson’s potent passing offense, as Pizzotti was just 12-for-21 for 109 yards on the afternoon.With Harvard forced to turn to its running game—a weakness for the team all season—Gino Gordon stepped up. The sophomore carried...