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...MISUNDERSTOOD TOTS A new study finds that most parents believe six-month-old infants can be spoiled if you pick them up too often (they can't), and that a 15-month-old is mature enough to share toys (wrong again). Unrealistic expectations can cause stress for both parents and children and may be responsible for the growing number of tots who are overly aggressive and easily frustrated...
...child who hurts himself and a man who hurt others. Together, they are forcing the Immigration and Naturalization Service to re-examine the rights of the mentally disabled. Farah Choudhry is appealing for asylum on her son's behalf, claiming that his autism is so misunderstood that he will be persecuted if he returns to Pakistan. De Santiago is asking not to be deported, contending, through his lawyer, that the abuses at Mexico's mental institutions are tantamount to persecution...
...Olive Oyl. Ray, though, has a more discerning eye than most. A rich businessman on a field trip for erotic adventure, he stops at her counter to buy a pair of gloves, and--a nice touch--sends them to her. Thus begins a courtship defined by emotional compromise, misunderstood signals and the sort of betrayals that dent relationships but do not, in the real world, end them. Because, for a lonely person, something is better than nothing. "Mirabelle needs a companion," says Martin, "someone to talk to. I think that happens in life too. People get together, even...
...consensus here in the press enclave? Both candidates did what was expected of them: Gore hit Bush pretty hard, but Bush held his own. A couple of failed (perhaps misunderstood) attempts at humor didn't help Bush all that much, and he stumbled on a couple of key phrases on tax breaks. Much has been made of the fact that the debates were scheduled past Bush's usual bedtime - and the governor did look a bit peaked as the evening wore on - but in all fairness, 10 p.m. on the East Coast is only 9 p.m. in Texas. Gore seemed...
Like all passionate collectors, pinheads are obsessed. And, they say, misunderstood. Leonard Braun, 65, wears a Barcelona T-shirt and an exoskeleton of pins, including a badge of honor that reads "Pinologist." His wife reckons he's juvenile. "She doesn't understand it, and that's a fundamental problem," says the retired physicist from Los Angeles. "But it's probably better than collecting race cars or women." Still, the absurdity of his passion hasn't escaped him: "At times I've had an out-of-body experience: I've seen this grown man trading pins on the ground like...