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Whatever the motivation, many at-home mothers approach parenting with a sense of mission. Heidi Brennan, 47, a former management-training specialist in Arlington, Va., chose to stay home with her five children to shape their values. "No one was going to care more than I was," she says. Johanne Laboy, 33, an M.B.A. living in Cary, N.C., realized her son Austin, 2, would not speak the language of her native Puerto Rico--or be able to communicate with his grandmother--unless she stayed home and spoke to him in Spanish. "For him to know Spanish will be important...
...explore, his trainers built a large slingshot, which sent fish out 50 yds. in all directions. They took him on training swims behind a boat to build up his stamina and speed. In May a gate was opened in the barrier. Keiko, who had exchanged his wide, cuddly aquarium shape for that of a sleek, fit predator, went for his first "walk...
...final bell, it was clear no one had lost the debate - if anything, both candidates walked away in much better shape than they had last Tuesday. Gore was studiously calm, and kept his exhalations under control, while Bush managed a few jabs at self-deprecating humor that seemed to go over well with the audience. There was far less tension on stage than there?d been in Boston, and far less interrupting; it was a very pleasant, informative and bone-dry exchange. Which is exactly what we want from our politicians...
...Serbia and the Middle East, should compel the major candidates to discuss their foreign policy platforms thoroughly in tonight's debate and in the coming weeks before the election. The United States' role as the world's only superpower means that the next president will have the opportunity to shape world affairs dramatically, and it is vital that the presidential candidates present strong, coherent visions for U.S. involvement around the globe...
Commercial activities now shape the structure of the school day, influence the content of the school curriculum and may determine whether children will have access to a variety of technologies. Moreover, for the foreseeable future, it is likely that school commercialism will continue to increase both in the variety of its expressions and its intensity. In a culture in which commercials are a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week curriculum, those of us who would make schools ad-free zones have our work...