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...cowering inside a tent at a camp in the town of Kathiraveli during a bombardment when a shell landed close by. Shrapnel ripped through the flimsy canvas and into flesh, killing Jeevatharsini's 7-year-old sister, punching a fist-sized hole in her 4-year-old brother's lower back, and slicing into her arm. Sinnathambi has now moved his family further south to the district of Batticaloa, where I found them in a makeshift camp in early March, still in shock at what had happened. "She was full of life before," he says, nodding at Jeevatharsini...
...millions of children. Dads cannot read bedtime stories or go to the park. Dads are in their offices, or on the road, or on conference calls. The effects of this physical or emotional absenteeism are actually quantifiable: numerous academic studies have shown that children with distant fathers score lower on tests of empathy, reasoning and brain development than those whose fathers are more involved. The former behave more aggressively, don't get on as well with siblings, tend to be less popular in school and are more reluctant to take responsibility for their misbehavior. In 2002, the U.S. National Center...
...World Bank's Consultative Group to Assist the Poor. Microfinance investors, however, argue that the market isn't saturated enough. More lenders would bring down the interest rates that investors often must charge to cover costs--which are sometimes as high as 60%. "Scaling up will bring lower costs for all borrowers," says Geoff Davis, CEO of the microfinance fund Unitus...
...change compared with what single men spend on car ownership ($846 more than single women), eating out ($752 more), alcoholic drinks ($280 more) and audiovisual gear ($143 more). Cutting back on needless spending isn't a bad idea for anyone, but "renegotiating your credit-card balances or getting a lower cost on your IRA probably saves you a lot more money," says Christian Weller, an economist at the Center for American Progress. "That's much more prudent advice to women than saying 'Don't go buying all those Prada shoes...
With an entire spring break to devote to practice at the site of Nationals this year, the Harvard sailing team took advantage of the training during the time off, competing in four regattas over the weekend and finishing no lower than fifth in any event. The Crimson earned the squad’s second first-place finish of the spring, in addition to a runner-up finish and as a fourth-place nod.“We had our practices all week at Navy,” freshman skipper Drew Robb said. “I’ve been...