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...Kentucky kindergarten teachers, Mildred and Patty Hill, published Happy Birthday in 1893 as Good Morning to All and later added the familiar lyrics. The song was copyrighted in 1935 and earns $1 million a year in royalties. Japan's Casio Computer company, for instance, pays a 1 cents fee for each of the digital watches that it programs to play the tune. The song will earn royalties until 2010, when it will pass into the public domain...
...just that. One in 10 U.S. firms now provides some form of child-care assistance to employees. Many companies merely distribute lists of local community services, but at least 600 firms provide day-care facilities on the premises. In Dade County, Fla., the American Bankers Insurance Group operates a kindergarten and first-grade class, using teachers and classroom supplies provided by the local school district. Since the school opened, absenteeism and employee turnover are down sharply. To hold down costs, companies in some cities have joined forces on child-care programs. In Tysons Corner, Va., 22 firms raised...
...real irony, however, is that there is nothing wrong with that. An ability to transcend family is exactly what you want in a President. You want someone who cares more about what's happening in Kuwait than about what's happening in his kid's kindergarten. You don't want a President who during an NSC briefing glances at his watch and thinks about the burning pot roast. You want someone whose family is grown up and gone, or who never had one. You want someone whose "total life," whose family...
...measured, mournful tones, the G.O.P. vice-presidential nominee drew his audience in slowly. "You are going to be the first to know these very personal, intimate things about Dan Quayle," he said, pausing for dramatic effect. "I did in fact eat graham crackers, drink milk and take naps in kindergarten." The candidate grinned broadly as 1,300 members of the National Guard Enlisted Association exploded with laughter and applause. Quayle joked his way through other "confessions" before getting to his punch line: "Nearly 20 years ago, I had no reason to be ashamed of my service ((in the Indiana National...
...have been staying home by myself until my mom gets home since I was in kindergarten," says John David, who usually entertains himself with television. "I'm not really scared, because we have friends around here if anything happens...