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...exist. Called "Microsociety," these programs bear as much resemblance to the standard neighborhood school -- with its traditional textbooks, work sheets and lesson plans -- as fiber-optic communication does to sending smoke signals. At a time when reformers, corporate leaders and politicians are all heralding the need for "break the mold" schools, Microsociety puts the radical rhetoric to the test...
While the public relations effort to mold Hillary into a traditional my- heart-belongs-to-hubby First Lady means that campaign insiders are reluctant to publicly acknowledge her substantive role, her imprint on the staff shake-up seems clear. With Hillary as the principal guardian of the candidate's body and mind, it is telling that just before the convention she propelled the couple's longtime friend Susan Thomases -- a sometimes confrontational New York City lawyer -- into the powerful slot of head scheduler. In that role Thomases serves Hillary's agenda to make sure Clinton's tendency to please everyone...
...product of hard work, a gruff coach and a little luck. Today science has become an indispensable part of the formula for more and more world-class competitors, who find that the margin between gold and silver is often a centimeter or a hundredth of a second. Helping mold athletes today is a growing army of specialists -- from physiologists and psychologists to nutritionists and biomechanists. Result: athletes who are training not just harder but smarter. With some players already working seven hours a day, six days a week, "it is physically and socially irresponsible to increase the volume of training...
Until that time, millions of Americans will continue to sneeze and suffer, victimized by errant genes, pollen grains, mold spores, dust-mite dung and the family...
Indoor pollution can play a powerful role in urban settings. Many city dwellers live in damp, humid apartments where cockroaches and mold spores as well as dust mites can trigger allergic responses. Even if these people realize that such conditions are conducive to asthma, they may not be able to change their circumstances...