Word: nails
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...Harvard men, Princeton was the real test. Last year, the Tigers beat the Crimson in a 5-4 nail biter to seize the Ivy championship from Harvard's hands for the first time in a decade...
...underdiagnosed for years," says Timothy Wilens, a veteran ADHD researcher at Harvard Medical School. That's because girls are less apt to be disruptive--and thus less likely to get sent to a psychiatrist by adults. "If you have a boy with a big mouth, teachers walk in and nail him," says Wilens...
...time it makes us feel bad because we don't match up." She recalls that the pressure to look good began in fourth grade, when a lot of her peers started worrying about their weight. Now a sixth-grader, Sarah has a formidable collection of lip gloss, nail polish and eye glitter (the only makeup her mother allows her to wear). Yet even she believes there should be limits: she would never wear some of Britney's more daring attire, she says, because "there's a difference between looking cool and looking like a slut...
...shadows contained in a CD case. "The music scene is driving the young scene," says president Ira Adler, explaining why his company packaged the makeup that way. "Britney and some of the other music groups are bursting with glitter and cosmetics." Kiss Products, a leading manufacturer of artificial nails, has licensed Disney characters like Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse to sell its nail products...
...five-year-old girls are even getting together for nail and glamour parties, which typically feature manicures and makeup sessions. At a party in New York City last week, Tejashree Gopal, 5, chose pink lipstick and blue eye shadow at the makeup station and then had her nails done in different colors. "I don't usually get to wear makeup," she enthused. "It's like against the rules. But here it's a party, so it's O.K." The caterer, Cozy Wolan, who owns a hair-cutting salon for kids in Manhattan, says demand for her parties is growing. Especially...