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...kindergarten anymore. She was precise about what was expected from the kids--and from us. Nightly reading and math problems, spelling and handwriting homework due each Friday and a mix of other assignments to be turned in at the end of each month. I quickly began to ponder one tough math problem: If we get home from work at 6 p.m., and we set aside time for piano practice, dinner, bath, a dollop of casual chitchat and all that homework, how do we get our daughter to bed by 8 p.m. for a good night's sleep? Answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: School Daze | 10/6/2003 | See Source »

...more on fighting terrorism in Pakistan - where radical Islamists may be close to acquiring nuclear know-how - than in Iraq. ?I assert that Pakistan is the biggest rogue state of all the rogue states,? he writes. It?s a provocative thought for a conspiracy buff or anyone else to ponder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On the Trail of Daniel Pearl | 9/27/2003 | See Source »

...course, the biggest reason for many to feast at Dunkin’ Donuts may not be the muffins, but Good Will Hunting’s Matt Damon. Sitting at the corner table by the window, one can nibble their cruller and ponder: How do I like ’dem apples...

Author: By Christine Ajudua, Brian M. Goldsmith, Kristi L. Jobson, and Christopher Schonberger, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Welcome Back | 9/25/2003 | See Source »

Before I could ponder the question, the light turned green, and I instinctively punched the gas pedal. The Benz accelerated like a Thoroughbred finally allowed to run. At 90 m.p.h., I straddled the double yellow lane divider in case I needed the whole road. I kept trying to remember what instructor Dave Golder--who had taken me for a ride at 175 m.p.h. the day before--told me is the key to high-speed driving: "soft hands and no brakes." Or was that no brains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Need for Speed | 8/25/2003 | See Source »

...three months ending July 5, and the NASDAQ nearly double that. Which caused a friend of mine to ponder, on her commute home from Manhattan (where much pondering is done), What should I do with my investments? "Last week I told my husband to sell everything because we weren't going to see prices like this for quite some time," she says. "Of course, he didn't. But now I'm not sure that was the right call. I certainly can't tell from the papers." Or magazines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money: How to Invest Now | 7/28/2003 | See Source »

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