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...short on facts and clearheaded analysis.” Indeed, we will have to wait until May 2009—when the first affected class will have committed to their universities—before the first set of concrete evidence will bear on the wisdom of the change. Nevertheless, we remain confident that higher education stands to benefit from the end of early admissions programs. Both Early Action (EA) and Early Decision (ED) programs create a perception, if not a reality, of preferential treatment to socioeconomically advantaged applicants. Moreover, this perception likely discourages applicants without good counseling from applying...
...personally more than the U.S. in general for what ails U.S.-European ties. The Transatlantic Trends survey conducted in 12 European countries for the German Marshall Fund of the United States, released last month, found that only 18% of Europeans approve of the way Bush handles international affairs. Nevertheless, 37% think U.S. leadership in world affairs is generally desirable - still a low number (down from 64% in 2002), but more than double Bush's personal score. Ron Asmus, an American who heads the Marshall Fund's Transatlantic Center in Brussels, says: "Europe has made up its mind on George Bush...
...newest entrant in the supermom-lit category is Searching for Mary Poppins: Women Write About the Intense Relationship Between Mothers and Nannies. This book has its place, but it's a small place. Only 1 in 20 kids in the U.S. will ever be cared for by a nanny. Nevertheless, the book's editors, Susan Davis and Gina Hyams, write that "employing a nanny is beyond a necessity" for a middle-class American family...
...human FOXP2 gene with the same protein in various great apes and in mice, they discovered that the amino-acid sequence that makes up the human variant differs from that of the chimp in just two locations out of a total of 715--an extraordinarily small change that may nevertheless explain the emergence of all aspects of human speech, from a baby's first words to a Robin Williams monologue. And indeed, humans with a defective FOXP2 gene have trouble articulating words and understanding grammar...
Those who work from the top down stand the greatest chance of effecting a systemic cure, experts agree. Nevertheless, Barsade observes, if a consultant addresses a small issue like gossip, it can make a difference. "It doesn't have to be systemwide to have an effect," she says, "or to change people's lives...