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...Comparing then and now: In 2004, following the NEA's publication of Reading at Risk, a report on its 2002 survey that identified a downward trend in American literacy, critics attacked the agency for publicizing "alarming national survey results." Evidently the NEA views its latest report as a validation of its efforts. "Our belief, then and now, was that the first step towards solving a problem was to identify and understand it," the agency's chairman, Dana Gioia, says in the report's preface. One of the most significant areas of progress involves the reading habits of young adults (ages...
...Cultural decline is not inevitable," Gioia concludes. "While we cannot be complacent, we can surely pause to celebrate our common success." Unfortunately, that self-congratulatory tone spoils the entire report and overshadows its larger point - that more Americans reading is a good thing, regardless of whether the NEA made them...
...With just a few days to go until the nation's largest banks report earnings, forecasts for how they will do diverge wildly. Of the analysts covering Citigroup (C) the most optimistic believe that firm will lose $.47 a share. The most pessimistic number is a loss of $1.57. For a company covered by as many researchers as Citi is, that spread is extraordinary...
...TIME's special report on the environment...
Being born premature is fraught with complications: in addition to their underdeveloped lungs and digestive systems, which make breathing and blood-sugar regulation difficult, many preemies also suffer long-term consequences in brain development. But researchers report that there may be a way to make up for some of that cognitive deficit: taking an over-the-counter supplement...