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SABREENA BOYD LEARNED TO cook, clean and take care of herself when she was just 7 because, she says, her birth mother was often too drunk or strung out on drugs to watch over her. After she moved in with the Juarezes, "I was told that I needed to try...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Foster Teens Find a Home | 5/29/2006 | See Source »

Experts acknowledge the conflict that many adopted teens experience and say letting them maintain a relationship with their birth parents (when safe) can help provide more continuity in their tumultuous lives. "We try to help kids realize that you're not replacing one family with another. You're building on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Foster Teens Find a Home | 5/29/2006 | See Source »

Lord Dalhousie, one of the Governors-General of India, observed that while a "member of the Civil Service in England is a clerk, a member of the Civil Service in India may be a proconsul." After passing an entrance exam in England when they were no older than 19 (the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Few Good Men | 5/29/2006 | See Source »

"I learned some lessons about expressing myself maybe in a little more sophisticated manner."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim: Jun. 5, 2006 | 5/28/2006 | See Source »

We have a legacy of trust that allows us to be who we are. How do you take a group that has the history of struggle and distrust of its institutions? We try every day--by our actions, by the quality of the company we create, by our innovation--to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CEO SPEAKS: OneUnited's Giant Steps | 5/28/2006 | See Source »

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