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...from the records of the coroner's office in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, during a period of 42 months. The victims ranged in age from seven weeks to eight months-their assailants, from two to eight years. Of the six little murderers, one was retarded, one was a "slow learner" and four were "apparently normal." Three of the young murderers assaulted relatives: a cousin, a brother and a nephew. One killed an unrelated infant his mother was caring...
Ward said that the subcommittee was most impressed by the experience Cox had as solicitor general of the United States and by his early display of intellectual capability. (Cox served as clerk to Judge Learner Hand upon his graduation from Law school...
Mary Paget, coordinator of recreation, pointed out that Radcliffe athletics have always aimed at an instructional approach, while Harvard's program centers on competition, varsity and intramural, that assumes competence. "Our programs emphasize the learner rather than the athlete." Paget said. "We hope that Harvard moves in our direction...
...wealthy New York dress manufacturer, he literally learned his first lessons in the craft of songwriting at the feet of an old family friend, Oscar Hammerstein II. Stephen was then eleven; Oscar thought his first pubescent musical "terrible?although not without talent." Sondheim proved to be a good learner. He has written the lyrics (and often the music as well) for seven shows, five of which were hits. Only his 1966 musical, Anyone Can Whistle, a precious fable about a smalltown miracle, and 1965's Do I Hear a Waltz? (with music by Richard Rodgers) failed to pay box-office...
...Taylor, a secretary at a hospital in suburban Warrensville township, near Cleveland, was divorced shortly after her daughter, Kelley, was born three years ago. Because she did not want the girl to grow up as an only child, she adopted a little boy who was listed as a "slow learner" by the agency (there was a three-year waiting list for normal Caucasian children). But in the year that she has had Corey, 2, the boy's personality and intelligence have blossomed. To Ruth, adopting a child is the answer for both single and married people who have decided...