Word: hr
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...pregnant women and children, lowering the eligibility requirements a little bit more each year. He used the same strategy to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit, which puts money in the pockets of low-income workers, and he championed such modest but helpful measures as the mandated 48-hr. maternity stay in hospitals. This is a self-effacing leadership style; Bradley calls it being "the leader that people didn't know was a leader." But that kind of leadership isn't necessarily presidential. And it isn't clear that Bradley, who had to rely on others to build the coalitions...
When you're trying on sneakers, do it 30 min. to 1 hr. after you've exercised so that the foot is still fully expanded. Always wear the sort of socks you'll be wearing during the sport, and check that you have a thumb's width--about 1/2 in.--of space between the tip of your toes and the front of the sneaker, giving enough room to wiggle them...
TURNING UP THE JUICE Tired of notebook batteries that fizzle after just a few hours? Electrofuel of Toronto electrofuel.com has developed the first 15-hr. backup battery. Called the PowerPad 160, it weighs only 2 lbs. and is just three-eighths of an inch. Made of a patented material, Lithium Ion Super Polymer, the PowerPad ($499) lies flat beneath your computer and plugs into the power port...
...suffered, for while in cop shows and historical movies race is an "issue," only in our most intimate domestic and social arenas can we see it as a multifaceted fact of life. For that reason alone, An American Love Story (PBS, Sept. 12-16, check local listings), a 10-hr. documentary about an interracial family, is noteworthy. What makes it extraordinary is how it shows a family--period--dealing with mundane life and marriage, from work to school to health scares, and on the way interrogates racial categories in America from every imaginable angle...
...negotiators descended on Grimsley High School in Greensboro, N.C., this August. Hostages had been taken, and the campus was under siege. It was all staged, with people acting the role of hostage takers, but there was nothing fake about the purpose. With the school's cooperation, the grim 6-hr. exercise was an opportunity for police and school officials to sharpen their response in an emergency. "You prepare for the worst and hope for the best," says David Robinette, a Greensboro policeman who is beginning his fifth year as Grimsley's school-resource officer...