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...exasperating stranger! Research showing that teen brains are not fully developed mature organs but continue to undergo structural changes up to age 25 is truly a relief for those of us who have agonized over a teenager's predilection for risk taking, impulsive behavior and overriding lack of good judgment. This research frees us to be patient rather than react with frustration and to understand that we must remain involved as teenagers grow into adulthood, offering them guidance, structure and firm rules. Kim Turpin Davis President Parents Council of Washington Bethesda...
...President leave the country better off or worse, richer or poorer, kinder or crueler, safer or in greater danger? But that is not Bush's concern. "A President shouldn't worry about how history will judge him," he says. And he gives every indication that it is God's judgment that concerns him. But that comes with a promise of forgiveness that history can easily withhold. --With reporting by David Van Biema/New York, Rita Healy/Denver, Betsy Rubiner/Des Moines, Nathan Thornburgh/Lowell and John F. Dickerson with Bush
...Former mentor Grant Beck believes Kendall's temperament, family support and natural gifts as a sailor - rather than as an athlete - have enabled her to be the best ever in boardsailing. "She has a great ability to quickly make judgment calls on the water that are crucial; she's more aware of the nuances on the race track than others and she is able to take in a large number of inputs and then make a decision." Beyond that, says Beck, a coach with New Zealand's Athens sailing team, is Kendall's determination and big heart...
...Lanka, predictably, fumed. "Howard has no authority, professional qualification to pass a judgment on a cricketing professional," thundered Colombo's Asian Tribune in an editorial. Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Jeevan Kumaratunga told the Sunday Times that Howard's comments were "absurd," claiming that Australia "could not bear the extraordinary heights the Sri Lankan spinner was achieving." Few in Sri Lanka have forgotten that it was an Australian cricket umpire, Ross Emerson, who was among the first to cast doubt on the bowling action of Sri Lanka's favorite son by repeatedly penalizing Muralitharan for "chucking"?using a bent, instead...
...where police procedurals walk viewers through an investigation--allowing them to pretend they're solving the case themselves--The Jury leads them each week through the nebulous process of argument, negotiation and judgment. As important as the facts are the jurors' biases and baggage. Evaluating an expert's testimony, one man grumbles, "My wife was diagnosed by three different experts. She died anyway." The same testimony can lead two well-intentioned people to opposite conclusions. It's 12 Angry Rasho...