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There kids absorb the values of peers and find a niche in the local ecology. They become known as tough or nice or wacky or wicked, and personality starts to harden. Granted, parents can shape behavior within the home. But in the wider world, Harris argues, the child is a different person, and there lie the roots of the budding adult...
...battle to shore up dikes, save lives and repair the damage, creating scenes reminiscent of the idealistic propaganda images of the 1950s. The floods remind the Chinese that even in an everyone-for-themselves market economy they share a common destiny; a destiny which they are able to shape by acting as a community...
...cusp of making third tier," the consultant replied). And early this year, buoyed by his balanced-budget agreement with Congress and the success of welfare reform, he began trying to stake out the meaning of Clintonism, promising that 1998 would be a "year of vigorous action [to] shape the century to come...
...stay in shape and admire competitive athletes, but I can't understand why some of them, including those Tour de France cyclists in the news last week, risk their health by taking performance-enhancing drugs (see our Science section for details). Among the most dangerous such drugs are anabolic steroids, which are versions of the male hormone testosterone. And there are clues you should look for to see whether your daughter might be using these drugs...
...last week, when the granddaddy of all civil rights organizations met in Atlanta for its 89th annual convention, it was in its best shape since Roy Wilkins stepped down as executive director in the late 1970s. There's a surplus of $2 million. Membership has stabilized at 400,000. A bevy of impressive talents like youth director Jamal Bryant has joined the staff. And the N.A.A.C.P. has recovered the impatient, insistent but always dignified voice that made it the most important force in the fight against segregation. As the new chairman of the board, Julian Bond, 58, declared...