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...independent coaching, which can range in price from $469 for Kaplan's three-hour consultation by webcam to $36,000 for four years of hand holding offered by superconsultant Michele Hernandez. Although consultants are easy to caricature for sanding down and varnishing a nice, raw kid, admissions officers insist that they can see past the polishing to the real human being beneath. How useful counselors are may depend as much on the attitude of the client as the approach of the counselor. "Some of them are very helpful and are helping students learn how to tell us about themselves," says...
...rock-star husband CHRIS ROBINSON, who announced last week that they had split after six years of matrimony and one baby boy, now 2 1/2. The gossipiest of the gossip mags pin the blame on Hudson's You, Me and Dupree co-star Owen Wilson. Their publicists insist that Hudson and Wilson are just good friends...
Chinese authorities insist that they are not hostile to religion as long as it is practiced according to their rules. At officially sanctioned churches like St. Paul's in Nanjing, a near puritanical attention to order is maintained. There are rows of wooden pews, a pulpit from which the sermon is preached, even a signboard on which hymn numbers are posted. The pastor of St. Paul's, Kan Renping, 38, says his congregation has grown from a few hundred when he took over in 1994 to some 5,000 regular worshippers today. Many have to watch the proceedings on remote...
...Though Wuterich may be among those charged, his lawyers insist he had no reason to believe he did anything wrong that day. According to the attorneys, one of Wuterich's commanders told him that he had recommended that Wuterich receive a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement medal for his actions in Haditha. As TIME previously reported, on Jan. 1, 2006, Wuterich got a promotion from sergeant to staff sergeant...
...SCHOOLS INSIST THAT THEY ARE EXPANDING THEIR OUTREACH. ARE THEY ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM...