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...their children to be part of the math academies, parents have to commit to 4-hr. Saturday-morning sessions of U.C. Irvine's Parent Academy. There they are coached in what classes their kids need to get into college, how to gauge SAT scores and how to apply for financial aid. "These programs help parents have self-esteem, feel proud," says Mel Pelayo, a computer-network administrator who left school in third grade. "I didn't go to college, but I'm not a loser. I can help my kids...
...chose the game's host--Microsoft--for its software and marketing muscle. He insisted on up-and-coming chess prodigies to lead the world team--rather than more famous rivals like Anatoly Karpov or Nigel Short--so it wouldn't become a grudge match. And he set the 24-hr. gap between moves to ensure an antiseptic game, with none of the silly blunders you get in speed chess...
...humans' oldest dreams is to stay young. While the Fountain of Youth remains undiscovered, a PBS series, Stealing Time: The New Science of Aging, documents findings about genes, diet and exercise that hold the promise of buoyant longevity. The 3-hr. program, which airs in its entirety June 2 over most public stations and is available on videotape, explores revolutionary research that could lead to not only longer and but also healthier and more intellectually acute lives...
...TRAVELER(S)/STARTED] Kurt Osburn April 13, 1999 [MODE] Doing a wheelie on a bike [EXPECT(S) TO TRAVEL] 50 miles a day for 70 days [THE CAUSE? Hepatitis C (and to break his 11-hr. record for longest wheelie) PREPARATION] Put an extra-large seat on his BMX bike...
Marilyn Mawn is a young wall Streeter most leading business schools would love to call their own. A Cornell graduate who relishes the intensity of her 80-hr. weeks as an analyst at Bear Stearns in New York City, Mawn, 25, has three years of experience in the financial industry, a head for closing major deals--and absolutely no plans to go to B school...