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Research suggests that when schools or parents put undue emphasis on grades, learning suffers. A recent study of 412 fifth-graders by Claudia Mueller and Carol Dweck at Columbia University found that kids who are praised for their performance and inherent intelligence are less willing to take risks and have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Make A Better Student: Their Eight Secrets of Success | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

At other Toys "R" Us stores, while many customers praise the selection of games and toys, several complain about service and, surprisingly, prices. Third-grader Kirby Turnage IV, shopping in Pensacola, Fla., says that "my brother and sisters like Toys 'R' Us better, but I keep telling them Target is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turmoil in Toyland | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

But students were more reserved in their praise. Michael P. Ogilvie '01, a Coop member, said the rebate is better than nothing.

Author: By Robert B. Davis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Coop Offers 4.5 Percent Rebate | 10/16/1998 | See Source »

Sen's colleagues in the economics department echoed Rudenstine's and Knowles' praise.

Author: By Suzanne M. Pomey, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Amartya Sen Wins Nobel Prize For Economics | 10/15/1998 | See Source »

What Zuckerman/Roth does with this imagined material is constantly mesmerizing. Library shelves groan under the weight of books published about the witch hunts and blacklistings during the Truman and Eisenhower presidencies, but it would be hard to find one among them that presents as nuanced, as humanly complex an account...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Better Red? | 10/12/1998 | See Source »

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