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...report, in no small coincidence, lauds revenue increases from Sports Illustrated and People in the publishing division but makes not a mention of Time. At the earnings hierarchy that is Time Warner, it doesn't matter what the subsidiary does so much as its pecuniary contribution to the parent company...
...first, the tornado was just a wispy tendril trailing from a cloud--too fragile, it seemed, to do any harm. But suddenly it spawned three new funnels that spiraled around their parent in a deadly dance. Then, as the car his partner was driving skidded along a mud-slicked road near Hanston, Kansas, Robert Davies-Jones glanced nervously through a rear window and saw that this menacing whorl of dust and debris was following a bit too closely behind. Just as wild animals sometimes turn and track their hunters, Davies-Jones realized with growing alarm, the tornado he had started...
...verdict may be alarming to any parent who has ever come up against the intransigence, sneakiness or willfulness of a child--which is to say, just about every parent of an adolescent. In recent years, states have championed a variety of approaches to stemming the nation's soaring juvenile-crime rate, from boot camp to charging children with adult crimes. Among the most popular--and controversial--are laws that hold parents accountable for the sins of their children. In 1995 alone, 10 states and a number of communities enacted sanctions against parents, from counseling to jail time...
...Parent to Parent matches Cambridge residents with their disadvantaged neighbors, helping them adjust to life in a suburban residential setting...
...Anne E. Kovacev, director of Cambridge's Parent to Parent program, focuses on helping disadvantaged residents and immigrants...