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Studies of latchkey kids conducted by family sociologist Hyman Rodman of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro suggest that they are not measurably worse off than other kids, at least in terms of self-esteem and behavior in school. But Thomas Long, a Bethesda, Maryland, child psychologist who has also studied such children, believes they are emotionally vulnerable. They tend to fall into two groups, he says: those who see themselves as independent and capable, and those who see their situation as one of rejection and abandonment. Many children, he says, find that being alone is "frightening, initially, then...
...tenth grade World History class at High Point High School, a predominantly Black school in Hyattsville, Maryland, Zaheer R. Ali '94 noticed that European history was being emphasized while other cultures were largely ignored...
...most controversial application of Norplant is its introduction into the welfare system. Last month Maryland Governor William D. Schaefer announced that his administration is exploring ways of employing Norplant to reduce the number of children being born into poverty in that state. He even went so far as to say that his staff would look at requiring a woman to get Norplant if she is on welfare and already has a number of illegitimate children...
Clinton ended his last day as "just plain Bill" at the Capital Center in suburban Maryland, where Urethra Franklin, Chevy Chase and Michael Bolton performed in his honor...
...because they can't get apartments." The shelter facilities around the country are uniformly inadequate: New York has about 1,300 beds for a state with 18 million people. In 1990 the Baltimore zoo spent twice as much money to care for animals as the state of Maryland spent on shelters for victims of domestic violence...