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...daughter's preschool, the students learn how to cook. It's a great way to learn about following procedures and measuring results. They are encouraged at age 4 to write their own names and recognize those of their peers. We measure our daughter's height regularly. In return, she's always asking about how much something measures and is very interested in numbers and words. Teach them a second language. My daughter speaks English and French fluently and wants to learn Spanish. I have a full-time job, but I spend as much time with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama on the Offensive | 12/20/2007 | See Source »

...daughter's preschool, the students learn how to cook. It's a great way to learn about following procedures and measuring results. They are encouraged at age 4 to write their own names and recognize those of their peers. We measure our daughter's height regularly. In return, she's always asking about how much something measures and is very interested in numbers and words. Teach them a second language. My daughter speaks English and French fluently and wants to learn Spanish. I have a full-time job, but I spend as much time with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/19/2007 | See Source »

...expletives, issuing from the mouths of female as much as male players, is directed towards me, I deem it judicious to make my exit; and leave well before the bar closes - at 8 a.m. on a Sunday. Another week, another murder spree, and then it's time to return to planning for making a killing at the office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death in the Flutter of an Eyelid | 12/19/2007 | See Source »

...Thai voter who longs for the return of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, then Samak Sundaravej is your man. An acid-tongued, fire-breathing ultra-conservative who brands his opponents communists and "street gangsters," the 72-year-old former Bangkok governor is running in the Dec. 23 national election on a platform the rural masses find irresistible: as he unabashedly declares, "I'm Thaksin's nominee." Samak, the nominal leader of the People Power Party (PPP), has promised that if elected he'll bring back Thaksin and his populist policies, like cheap credit and debt moratoriums. Samak has vowed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thailand's PM Proxy: Samak | 12/19/2007 | See Source »

...challenges facing grant applicants. The committee solicited input from Harvard and other educational institutions. Provost Steven E. Hyman asked Professor of Healthcare Policy Barbara J. McNeil to organize feedback from Harvard about the grant process, according to Associate Provost for Science Kathleen M. Buckley. Hyman and McNeil did not return requests for an interview. Tabak said the comments raised concerns about the scoring system for awarding grants, which currently permits wide discrepancies between individual reviewers. He added that grant applications sometimes require excessive detail about research procedures, which may overshadow the project’s potential scientific impact. Hoping...

Author: By Jamison A. Hill and Clifford M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: NIH May Reform Grants | 12/18/2007 | See Source »

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