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...years. But increasingly, there's hard evidence of its impact. In June, for example, a group of Norwegian researchers released a study showing that firstborns are generally smarter than any siblings who come along later, enjoying on average a three-point IQ advantage over the next eldest-probably a result of the intellectual boost that comes from mentoring younger siblings and helping them in day-to-day tasks. The second child, in turn, is a point ahead of the third. While three points might not seem like much, the effect can be enormous. Just 2.3 IQ points can correlate...
...bold break with their own tradition of high-powered guitar riffs and earth-shaking drums, Grammy winning rockers the Foo Fighters, led by Dave Grohl, offer a mellower, more sophisticated type of rock with their seventh album “Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace.” The result, although not always straight-ahead, still rocks...
...very happy he’s our goalie.“I just feel bad for him,” Hoff added. “Three goals made [it to] our net—he didn’t deserve that.”Although faced with a disappointing result at home, Harvard has two chances in the coming week to get back to winning ways, hosting Holy Cross on Wednesday before taking on the Tigers of Princeton in a key Ivy League fixture on Saturday. “We are still not going to give...
...Macaca” Allen to John “Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran” McCain, not to mention Joe “Indian Accents at 7/11” Biden, many candidates have felt the sting of the “gaffes” that result from attempts at undiluted honesty. But the cautious, soundbite, consultant-approved language that others practice does not have to be the only alternative. It is a difficult balance to strike, but a candidate who lives in a soundbite-obsessed world like ours needs to be direct and truly honest and while being careful...
...environmental troubles go hand in hand with growing political issues. Li Peng, the dam's most ardent supporter, stepped down as Premier in 1998 and has little influence among China's current leadership. The recent storm of criticism the dam has garnered could be a result of political jockeying in the run-up to next week's Communist Party Congress, a five-yearly event in which the coming reshuffles of the Party's senior ranks are usually decided. But it's also possible that the criticism is a sign that the Chinese government has reached the point at which...