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...view on stem-cell research. Emissaries from Capitol Hill, delegations of scientists, pro-lifers, bioethicists, patients' advocates, the Pope--if they had a take, they had his ear. "Almost everyone in the White House, well, he asked your opinion at one point," says presidential counselor Karen Hughes. "He also questioned what led you to that decision. He wanted to know the rationale...
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...assisted-living staff do not have a basic understanding of the aging process: the vast majority thought, for example, that incontinence, confusion and depression were normal signs of aging rather than potentially reversible conditions. "There's absolutely no doubt that these facilities are more dangerous than nursing homes," says Karen Love, executive director of the Consumer Consortium on Assisted Living...
...could have done a better job," says Alterra president Steven Vick about what happened at the Eagan center. He says such problems are rare. "These events are disappointing, but we work every single day to correct them." Karen Wayne, president of the Assisted Living Federation of America, one of the industry's main trade groups, says problems such as those at the Eagan center have been exaggerated. "When you look at the number of people we serve," she says, "these are isolated accidents and tragic events...
...American Dream suggests teaching kids money management. Karen Bakuzonis in Gainesville, Fla., was working long hours to pay for extras like a lawn service--though she and her husband have two strapping sons. She has stopped working and has made her boys earn an allowance by doing chores--including the mowing. These days they have to pony up for goodies like Air Jordan sneakers. Bakuzonis says they now "realize how much life costs--and that it's a bit ridiculous to have a limousine take you and your date to a junior high dance," as some classmates recently...