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...also driven by something a lot more primal: old-fashioned guilt. Even as men take on more responsibility for rearing children, the lion's share of baby care is still handled by mothers. But in an era in which it often takes two incomes to meet the monthly nut, increasing numbers of moms can't spend nearly as much time with their kids as they'd like. In 1999, 62% of mothers worked outside the home. That figure was 54% in 1985 and just 44% in 1975. "Parents feel tremendous guilt because they feel they're spreading themselves too thin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Quest For A Superkid | 4/22/2001 | See Source »

...wrong: I certainly don't doubt the severity of an allergic reaction to a wayward nut. I do, however, have to question why, although I never saw a single kid have a reaction to my thousands and thousands of supposedly deadly sandwiches, some kids are now denied the simple and nutritionally important ritual that is a peanut butter sandwich. Isn't there a more reasonable way to approach peanut allergies? Just wondering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Understand, but I Miss the Once-Innocent Peanut Butter Sandwich | 4/3/2001 | See Source »

...When most people thing of amateurs they think of their nut file," he says. "Every scientist has a file filled with letters from people with the latest theory of space-time and God and creation that think they're the new Galileo...

Author: By Joshua E. Gewolb, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Helping Small-Time Scientists Answer Big Questions | 1/8/2001 | See Source »

...cruel omnipotence of Tomas Milian, who is more or less Wakefield's Hispanic counterpart. The final story is of a San Diego material girl (Catherine Zeta-Jones) whose lifestyle is threatened when her husband is arrested for high-level trafficking. She proves to be a very tough nut when she takes over the family business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Caution: Gridlock Ahead | 1/8/2001 | See Source »

...former soccer nut now is an avowed football devotee. Morris readily admits his commitment to football rarely leaves him time for much else. The economics concentrator, however, did take advantage of his summer in the area. He worked for a property management group near Government Center while training in the off-season...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mighty Morris Makes Right Choice | 11/17/2000 | See Source »

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