Word: reporter
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Caltech team was reluctant to publish a report that would merely say, in Djorgovski's words, "Gee, look what we've found," without offering a viable explanation. So after three years of examining and re-examining the spectrum and vainly searching through scientific literature, the team at last decided to go semipublic...
...been amazed at how little information is out there and how little discussion there is, as well as how many other people are going through this sort of trial." Booth observes that many people wish for more money to solve their dilemmas, but from her experience she can report, "Money doesn't solve the emotional part...
...trio of studies published last week show that despite years of self-esteem lessons, mediation classes and circle time, bullying continues to be a pervasive and destructive force in the school lives of our adolescent children. Some 80% of middle schoolers reported engaging in bullying behavior--ranging from excessive taunting and rumor spreading to destruction of property and physical aggression--according to a study published this month in the Journal of Early Adolescence. A high percentage of kids who bully others also report being victims themselves. Bullying is worst in the middle school years, as kids make transitions...
...Patty Roth, a family counselor and author of Enter at Your Own Risk, a book about parenting middle schoolers, says the first and most important thing parents can do for children who report being bullied is to believe them. "You must show your child that you take his complaint very seriously," she says. Much as you might want to, this is not the time to sign your kid up for boxing lessons. Instead, ask your child for ideas or strategies for combatting the bully...
...soon as they can take a sip. The meteor plopped down in a West Texas backyard in March 1998 ?- and it?s taken more than a year for the scientists to report their findings in the journal Science. But the wait is hardly over. The bubbles of brine, trapped in crystals of irradiated halite (essentially table salt from space turned blue by radiation), are so small ?- about an eighth or a tenth the diameter of a human hair ?- that they lie beyond the capability of existing technology. Never fear; a researcher in Cambridge, England, is apparently on the verge...