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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...spends too much time on video games may not disengage from a simulated world and thus may be confused in the real one. And while card trading teaches social skills, it may also lead to obsessive behavior. "You don't know whether there's a valuable card in a pack when you buy it," says Maressa Hecht Orzack, founder of the Computer Addiction Service at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass. Children under eight aren't able to grasp this fact cognitively, which then leads to disappointment and an increased desire to buy more packs. Children overly anxious to please their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should Children Play with Monsters? | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

There are the new habits you've picked up at college that, although completely commonplace in a university setting, may seem a little strange when taken in the context of normal home life. Take sleeping patterns, for instance. In my mind, pulling an all-nighter to pack the night before leaving for break seems like a reasonable thing to do. Equally reasonable is the 17 hours of continuous recovery sleep I need during that first day back home. My mother, of course, sees this extended rest as a clear indication that I have mono and insists that...

Author: By George W. Hicks, | Title: Home: An Acculturation Guide | 11/19/1999 | See Source »

With an extremely young and inexperienced team, including five new faces, the Crimson open up the season with little prospect of moving up from the middle of the Ivy League pack. But an easy win over a cellar-dwelling Division III team should boost Harvard's confidence...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Hoops Hosts D-III Doormat Saturday | 11/19/1999 | See Source »

...Mansur and Melih ignored FM's requests for comment. The University's most brilliant scientists are as of yet unsure of the nature of the "man-pack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: As Follows: E-Infiltration | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

...That intangible quickly distinguished Walland from the Eli pack...

Author: By Michael R. Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Walland's Got the Wand | 11/18/1999 | See Source »

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