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...public health school has already outgrown its dated, overcrowded Longwood compound. It already faces a shortage of 100,000 square feet, a deficit that is projected to grow substantially over the coming years...
...Using the Mute Button re "Raising the Volume," on how the U.S. Presidential race has heated up to a fever pitch [March 22]: I am disheartened that candidates have not outgrown their need to attack one another so much that no matter who is elected, we can't feel confident that the right person was chosen. Although I plan to read editorials and news reports, I intend to press the mute button on all political TV commercials and spin commentaries until after the election. Jean McGraw Lawrenceville...
...year-old Limp Bizkit singer Fred Durst were pretty shocking too. (Durst went on Howard Stern and gallantly described Spears' pubic region to millions of listeners.) Add to all that the legitimate anxiety over her musical staying power (will anyone still buy Britney records now that she's outgrown the plaid skirts and kneesocks?). And throw in all the other stresses and strains of being the world's most scrutinized 21-year-old pop star - the grueling video shoots, the countless interviews, the endless grind of disrobing for magazine covers, not to mention the hurtful backlash from conservative Britney-haters...
...copies of letters as they learn to write, although dyslexics do it more. You may believe that more boys than girls are dyslexic. Wrong again. Boys are just more likely to get noticed because they often vent their frustration by acting out. You may think that dyslexia can be outgrown. This is perhaps the most damaging myth, because it leads parents to delay seeking the extra instruction needed to keep their children from falling further behind. "The majority of students who get identified with learning disorders get identified between the ages of 11 and 17," says Robert Pasternack, assistant secretary...
...twice been summoned by the state assembly to answer allegations that she is unfairly targeting pols. But the truth, it is generally agreed, is that she is actually targeting alleged gang bosses, many of whom used to work for political leaders as handy election-time muscle but now have outgrown their modest origins to become centers of power in their own right. One assembly member, Sushil Kumar Modi, 48, figures about 40 of his colleagues run kidnap syndicates, an estimate shared by the police. "Lawlessness is out of control," he mourns. "It's controlled by powerful politicians...