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...course centers aren't the only option. Family day-care schemes are being promoted as a cheaper alternative to long day care, especially as a career for single mothers being coaxed from welfare to work. For the past 23 years, Mary Hinton has looked after children in her Ipswich, Queensland home; four days a week, she now cares for four children under three, for which she charges $A3.90 an hour per child. She and her retired husband have converted their garage into an activity room, and their grandchildren have grown up playing with the children she looks after. "They become...
...migratory waterfowl soon due to return from Africa, the Landais are on high alert. Still, when it comes to the virus, there are things local farmers can do: keep a vigilant eye on their flocks and wild birds, dip their boots in disinfectant, even vaccinate their ducks, an option that remains unauthorized almost everywhere else in France. It's dealing with scared consumers that is tricky. Chicken sales in France were down by 20% at the end of February, says André Lepeule, delegate general of the Federation of Poultry Industries, and some retailers say sales have dipped by twice...
...IAEA vote to refer Iran to the Security Council. Western officials hope the new briefing will win council support for further action; most of them see no viable alternative to U.N. efforts to try to gain Iran's compliance. As a Western diplomat puts it, "There's a military option--but not a military solution...
Concentrators currently have the option of substituting History 10b with History 10c, “A Global History of Modern Times,” or bypassing History 10b or History 10c with a score of five on the Advanced Placement European History or World History exam...
Endowing these programs should not be hard, since many alumni would be proud to support such an option. There would likely be widespread approval both from students and the general public. The benefit to Harvard admissions would be instantaneous. Most importantly, undergraduates would have a greater opportunity to get a solid general education in addition to all of the other academic benefits that Harvard offers...