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...complaining about the latest stunt that [Joey] had pulled, which was being out with Amy Fisher on a date and walking all over Central Park. I just was shaking my head for the umpteenth time, going, "Why does he do this stuff?" And Paul, our son, very matter-of-factly said to me, "He'll never get it, Mom. He's a sociopath." And that word - I didn't like it. I thought it just sounded like a crazy, murderous person. That night I went on the computer and I looked up sociopathic behavior, and a lightbulb went...
...Canadian boxer who died July 11 at age 37 after being strangled in a Brazilian hotel room--by his wife, according to police--was an icon among sophisticated fans. And he was an icon for a reason that exists only in boxing, which is that it didn't matter if he won or lost...
...home mom in northern Virginia, has written 367 (and counting) articles, for which eHow deposits some $1,500 a month into her PayPal account. "The stories are not hard to write," she says. "A few hundred words total and you're done." Pay is based on page views, subject matter and user ratings. The more accurate and engaging the articles, the better the ratings. So it pays, dear authors, to write about what you know...
...adviser, surprisingly, could empathize. Born and raised in England, the Cambridge graduate never learned how to operate a vehicle until he decided to relocate to Los Angeles. He enlisted in the Brookline Driving School beforehand and received his license in a matter of weeks. He assured me it was easy to get the hang...
...looming problem faces China as a whole, says Wang, who points out that the number of young people entering the workforce between the ages of 20 and 24 will drop by half in the next decade. Like many other population experts outside China, Wang believes it is only a matter of time before the pressure to change the one-child policy is irresistible. "The government should eliminate the moral barrier that's been imposed by propaganda over the past 30 years for a couple to have a second child," says Wang. "China should learn the lessons from other Asian countries...