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...ground for leadership, but raising children isn't. Hey, it made me a better leader: you have to take a lot of people's needs into account; you have to look down the road. Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy. It's important that women claim that...
Most of your movies are very serious. Would you consider working on more comedies? -Mariana Córdova, Calexico, Calif.I would love to, but it is difficult to find something where the woman is funny without endorsing frivolous girldom. I love chick flicks, but I hate the fashion obsession and always wanting to get married at the end--that really bugs...
...Meanwhile, costs related to in-patient treatment for an eating disorder can range from $25,000 to $30,000 a month. Many families are forced to take out second mortgages or deplete savings. Such situations are tragic, Holm-Denoma says. "Anorexia is one of the most serious psychiatric diseases our society faces," she says. "Our work shows even further that more needs to be done to prevent...
...Critics say the government's own response to the disaster has been muddy at best. "The government is not serious in its handling of the disposal of the mud or settling the social problems caused by the disaster," says Sonny Keraf, Indonesia's former Environment Minister and head of a parliamentary investigation into Lusi. "They are leaving the people to face the company when it should be acting as a bridge between them." Keraf says that, while he believes Lapindo is acting in good faith, the government's indecisiveness is blunting any sense of urgency. A yearlong police investigation into...
...lights were out. Police on point duty manned four major intersections in the CBD, and one or two others were manned for brief periods by public-minded citizens who did not mind getting soaked. Police later reported that, contrary to all expectations, gridlock had not ensued. There was no serious congestion and fewer accidents than usual. Most commuters reported that while they had driven more slowly than usual, their traveling time was shorter. While this does back up Monderman's theory, I cynically suspect that if we did away with traffic lights, speed would gradually increase and courtesy and care...