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...before children even reach kindergarten, suggesting parents play a huge role in their kids' academic success. How does those conclusions fit into your own research? Adoption studies show that being raised in an intellectually rich environment can give a temporary boost to a child's intelligence and knowledge. The reason it's temporary is that bright children raised in less advantageous environments eventually catch up. But there's another factor here: subculture. A child raised in a subculture that values intellectual activities and takes schoolwork seriously has an advantage that doesn't go away. So even if the early achievement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Parents (Still) Don't Matter | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

...good reason for you: National Pancake Day! Stuff your face with a short stack of pancakes free of charge—as long as you get in the door before 10pm. Recommendation: don't sully the purity of the syrup flavors. Pick your poison early and stick with it...boysenberry and blueberry cooperating? Really...

Author: By Aparicio J. Davis | Title: Buttermilkly. | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

...reason that there’s no memorial to Roosevelt at the University is because he’s considered to be a traitor to his University and to class interests,” said Michael D. Weishan ’86, a former Adams House resident and the architect of the project...

Author: By Bita M. Assad, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Legacy of Franklin Delano Roosevelt | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

...numbers are not the reason that Yahoo does not matter. What matters is that it is no longer a company with even a modest voice in the media industry. The time when Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer might have bought it or its search division is probably over. Ballmer is, as most good businessmen should be, ruthless beyond the imagination of the general public. He gave Yahoo's board a chance to do the right thing for its shareholders. Once Yahoo turned Ballmer down, he kept leaking comments about ongoing interest to the press. Just as Yahoo was beginning take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Yahoo! Doesn't Matter Anymore | 2/23/2009 | See Source »

...Politicians have every reason to want to see print media fail. That can be said tongue in cheek, but too many governors and congressmen have lost jobs after newspaper investigations to make the relationship between Fourth Estate and politicians a comfortable one. A neutered press would benefit a number of elected officials. That may be reason enough for them to stay away from providing newspaper and magazines with financial aid. The other obvious reason the government may be against putting capital into media companies is that it could give the appearance of politicians "buying" better treatment by the press. Since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Does the News Industry Deserve a Bailout? | 2/23/2009 | See Source »

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