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...their education at home and at their local synagogue. (The wealthy would have hired tutors for their children, in the Greek style.) Women married in their early teens and would generally undergo seven or eight pregnancies in hopes of having three or four surviving children. They often managed the household and exerted considerable influence in the synagogue. The family would have observed religious laws regarding food and ritual purity, although many aspects of Jewish law were not formalized until later...
...solution is not to ban snacks from your household. Focus instead on those that are healthier for your children--and for you. Low-fat milk, a rich source of calcium, is better than sodas or juice drinks for most children. (Kids who have trouble digesting lactose often do well with yogurt or lactose-reduced milk.) Try freezing grapes or serving carrot sticks with salsa. But make sure you don't create a backlash against fruits and vegetables by emphasizing how good for you they are. That only makes potato chips and brownies seem all the more appealing...
...mysterious malady. As a child, Clara writes, Jessy sometimes seemed to neither see nor hear--she gazed through people as through glass--yet her visual perception was so acute that she could assemble puzzles picture-side-down, and her ears detected the faintest buzz, hum or click of a household appliance. Though she did not acquire a usable vocabulary until she was five, a few years later she effortlessly mastered arcane mathematical concepts and Morse code. Indeed, her facility with patterns and order led her to create--and be ruled by--her own obsessive systems. Jessy's calculations based...
With its reliance on household objects such as clocks, shot glasses, ashtrays and lamps, “When We Liked Ike” is not a traditional exhibit of high art. Instead, the exhibit provides a light, amusing and thought-provoking documentation of a period of American history...
...protracted touring and jam-it-out blues style, first gained prominence with its fourth album, aptly titled Four. “Hook” and “Run-around” dominated the airwaves until 1995 and helped propel Four to quintuple platinum status, making Blues Traveler a household name. Unfortunately, Bridge is fairly ordinary. Decidedly less bluesy, Popper’s signature harmonica solos are rare and truncated and many of the songs sound like everyday pop, closer to poor copies of Barenaked Ladies or Dave Matthews than to vintage blues. The notable exception...