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...sheer atmosphere of Watts takes a toll. Says Family Counselor Mary Taylor: "Children lose that good feeling about themselves." Ueemaee Russell, 11, who lives on Grape Street (just off "Charcoal Alley," as 103rd Street has been called since it burned), knows that "people are fighting now over dope and getting raped and kidnaped." When gunfire gets too bad near her house, Sixth-Grader Russell deals with it by crawling under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still Down but Not Out | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...most boys what they are going to be when they grow up, and they might answer that they want to be a policeman, an astronaut or whatever Daddy is. But when someone asked Jonathan Sheer, 12, that question, he answered without hesitation: "I want my mother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: More and More, She's the Boss | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...match of developer and designer is apt. Jahn's work tends to be glossy, imposing and a little martial, the architectural equivalent of Wagner played on a synthesizer at full blast. He is the Donald Trump of his field, a showman enthralled by sheer size. "We are doing the tallest building in Houston," says Jahn, "the tallest building in Philadelphia, the tallest building in Europe." He arrived from West Germany 19 years ago, at age 26; at 33 he was partner and design director of C.F. Murphy Associates in Chicago; at 43 he was owner and chief executive officer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: And Now, the Tallest of the Tall | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...department recover the sense of electricity and sheer excitement circa 1996-2000? Probably not,” Bobo writes in an e-mail. “But will it continue to serve the Harvard community well and lead the nation for some time to come? Without a doubt...

Author: By William C. Marra, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The End of an Era: Af Am Looks to Rebuild After Year of Turmoil | 6/9/2005 | See Source »

Faced with the sheer volume of concentrators, the departments have looked to offices where they can offer mass advising efficiently. Students walk in and speak with graduate student staffers without an appointment, but often trade availability for long-term advising relationships...

Author: By Lulu Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Search for Advice | 6/9/2005 | See Source »

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