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...spine. She'll have a compromised respiratory system because of the shape of her ribcage. She'll never be more than about three feet tall. It's a very tough physical existence. But these kids are really, really bright. They are a terrific group of kids. If you meet kids with OI, they're usually sweet and funny and so much more than the sum of their disability, which is probably, the biggest lesson that Willow can give us as a character...
...enjoy the official parts of being an author? Going out and meeting people? I actually do like it. I think I'm at the point where I probably don't have to tour. My books, I imagine, would sell okay even if I weren't out there hawking them. But on the other hand, that's the part that you don't get from a list of sales figures on a page. When you go on tour, you get to meet the people who are actually reading your books. You get to hear their stories about how [your] books affected...
...found no benefit, it ultimately found no negative effect of watching TV. The researcher offers a few reasons: for one, the children in her study reported less time viewing TV and DVDs than previous surveys of the same-age population; it's possible that her study group did not meet the threshold dose of TV exposure that triggered the negative effects found in Christakis' research. Schmidt's study also stopped following the toddlers at age 3; she acknowledges that some cognitive changes may not occur until children are a few years older...
Planned spending from the SIF had assumed a long-term average growth rate of 8.25 percent on the endowment—a target that Harvard would fail to meet given this year’s endowment return, said University President Drew G. Faust in an interview last week...
...nightmare" is being ordered by the U.S. and Europe to raise the value of their currency by 30% or face a 30% rise in tariffs. The pressure to revalue the Chinese currency could come as early as April 2, when the Group of 20 richest countries in the world meet in London, and where President Obama is scheduled to meet Chinese president Hu Jiantao for the first time. In the run-up to that crucial meeting China's buying spree is aimed at soothing Western anger about the country's economic policies. "This is a smart diplomatic move," says Damien...