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...reality snoozefest Big Brother 2, was tossed from the show after he really wielded a butcher knife, really held it to the throat of a fellow contestant he was kissing and really asked, "Would you be mad at me if I killed you?" Both Sebik and his paramour, Krista Stegall, had apparently been drinking earlier in the evening, and it was clear that Stegall was not concerned by the proximity of the knife. Still, Sebik was kicked off the show with alacrity--two hours after the incident he was gone from the house--because producers had previously warned him about...
...Krista Kafer: There's some weaknesses in the program that need to be addressed before any such expansion, and more research needs to be done. What existing research shows is a fade-out effect - whatever gains are made early on fade by the second grade. There are some programs, primarily those who have those pre-reading skills that have been very successful. Others are basically just expensive daycare...
...spoke with representatives of organizations with very different viewpoints. First, Professor Fran Stott, the Vice President and Dean of Academic Programs at the Erikson Institute, a graduate school in childhood development that was founded in 1966 to educate Head Start teachers. On the other side of the issue is Krista Kafer, an Education Policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation in Washington D.C., a non-profit research institute that has historically taken a very skeptical view of Head Start programs...
...booking travel online. Other obstacles include a continued reluctance to give credit-card information over the Internet (see box) and doubts about online agents' reliability. Then too there are the horror stories about travelers who booked online but got left high, dry and broke at the airport. Says Krista Pappas, director of the e-commerce travel division at Gomez, an Internet rating and research company: "As with anything where consumers are on a learning curve, there is some frustration. Is online booking perfect? No. But I think it will continue to grow and get better...
...Solo," on women who are choosing to stay single [SOCIETY, Aug. 28]. Call me selfish, but I enjoy traveling, buying nice things and going out wherever and whenever I want. When the time is right, I will settle down. But for now, it's great "livin' la vida loca"! KRISTA PALOMBA Watertown, Conn...