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Will Macau Become Asia's Las Vegas? Your report on the fast growth of Macau called it possibly Asia's most popular playground destination [Feb. 7]. You noted the "hottest part of the economy is property" and that the island resembles a "city-size construction site." That is an apt description. But if there's something to be learned from the correlation between developed economies and depressed people, it is that we shouldn't go bananas about development and make life hard for the majority of people. With Macau's residential-property prices soaring, we may soon be toiling most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 2/28/2005 | See Source »

Wednesday, February 23. Lucy Walker’s “Devil’s Playground.” Followed by a brief film discussion moderated by Ph.D. candidate Linford Fisher. 7 P.M. Center for the Study of World Religions, 42 Francis Ave. Free...

Author: By Chris A. Kukstis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Happening | 2/18/2005 | See Source »

...edge over their peers. They tend to have better verbal skills and are better at understanding other points of view, according to Taylor and Carlson. Earlier studies suggested that children with imaginary friends may have above-average IQs, be more creative and smile and laugh more on the playground than other kids. "Children with pretend friends are actually less shy and more sociable than children without them," says Taylor. "It's almost the opposite of what you might think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Power of Make-Believe | 2/7/2005 | See Source »

...Cornell University's Youth and Work Program. "That doesn't happen anymore." Instead, high school grads are more likely to end up in retail jobs with low pay and minimal benefits, if any. From this end of the social pyramid, Arnett's vision of emerging adulthood as a playground of self-discovery seems a little rosy. The rules have changed, and not in the twixters' favor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Grow Up? Not So Fast | 1/16/2005 | See Source »

...barely dry on the birth certificate of Gwyneth Paltrow's baby, Apple Martin, and some new Hollywood tots with unusual monikers have arrived to deflect the playground taunts. On Nov. 28, after a month of bed rest, JULIA ROBERTS gave birth to a girl and a boy, Hazel Patricia and Phinnaeus Walter, by C-section. Roberts, 37, seen here in a glamour shot taken early in her pregnancy for January's W magazine, had the twins with husband DANNY MODER, a cinematographer (at the hospital window, left). Weighing a little more than 5 lbs. each, Hazel and Finn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pretty Mama Delivers | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

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