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...rules and schedules. It's just like my old Sunnyvale School, a quiet pond of books and pen and paper. But a parent stands on a precipice. Adolescence looms ahead, which nowadays can begin at around the age of 8. Drug dealers lurk in the alley; nihilist rock 'n' roll wafts up from the storm sewer; the culture of covetousness is everywhere...
...Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4. Volvo, meanwhile, just launched an all-new wagon, the V50, featuring the automaker's typical sturdiness and premium safety. The burlier Volvo XC90 (with a V-8 on the way) also earns high marks for crashworthiness, with an enhanced crush-resistant roof, a roll-stability system and inflatable side curtains. Volvo's parent company, Ford, is launching a pair of crossovers, the Freestyle and Mercury Mariner, as well...
...Chance that a 2004 Chrysler Pacifica will roll over in a crash, the best safety rating...
...properly as long as they stay within the law." Others see a campaign to strip Khodorkovsky of political influence, roll back the power and wealth of the Russian oligarchs, and perhaps even renationalize Russia's oil industry. The clearest indication of motive may have come last month, when Putin's aide-de-camp and deputy chief of staff, Igor Sechin, was named chairman of the board of directors of the state-owned oil company, Rosneft. Sechin, 43, has no known experience in the oil business. Rosneft would not comment on the appointment. But the company is poised to snap...
...repeated twisting and tying. A dry night's sleep depends on such art. The campsite must also be kept as pristine as possible, which, as Pat explains to a shocked group on our first night, necessitates the use of a pile of clear plastic bags sitting next to the roll of toilet paper. Lugging to the raft the tightly sealed steel box in which those bags will accumulate is no one's favorite job. But the cruelest chore of every morning is simply getting dressed: crawling out of a warm sleeping bag, throwing off beanie and thermals, and submitting...