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...emerged—and wears the public face of “class acts” Pete Sampras and Tony Gwynn—is centered on conceptions of sports that focus on the aspects of fair play and gallantry. These are laudable ideals, to be sure, but they neglect other important aspects of athletics. Crucial components, like the perfection athletes seek in training and their deserved contentment with the competitive machines they mold themselves into. There is also the view of sports as a competitive clash of personalities as well as bodies, of will matched against will. Athletes are personalities...
...Some run away because of lousy conditions at home. "Parents today are overwhelmed by their own problems?money, jobs, each other," says Setsuko Tsuboi, an attorney who takes child-welfare cases pro bono. "They take their frustrations out on their children through neglect or being overly strict, even abusive. Children then feel they have no place in the home, that indeed their lives are worthless." According to a study by the Health and Welfare Ministry, 72% of girls and 46% of boys who suffered some form of abuse in the home responded by running away. There's not much...
...surprise last week when the White House pronounced Bush "satisfied" with the pace of the homeland effort, which meant he was practically the only person in town who was. Appearing to neglect domestic concerns in favor of foreign affairs is such a Bush family taboo--it has been ever since Dad won the Gulf War only to lose re-election--that W. is about the last guy you'd expect to risk repeating the mistake. But so far his domestic generals--Attorney General John Ashcroft, FBI chief Robert Mueller, Thompson and Ridge--have not found a way to coordinate their...
...emergency council meeting Thursday, Sandra Graham, who held the 28th district seat from 1976-1988, spoke vehemently against what she perceives as Barrios’ neglect...
...perhaps the one Smith attended, is for tourists, concentrating on Harvard’s history and it buildings. The Admissions Office tour, for prospective students and their families, focuses on “contemporary campus and academic life,” the nitty-gritty that Smith claims we neglect...