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...perhaps the resource in shortest supply to families is time together. The amount of "total contact time" between parents and children has dropped 40% over the past 25 years, says the Family Research Council in Washington. This is not good news. Researchers have uncovered ominous links between absentee parents and behavioral problems among children. A 1989 survey of 5,000 eighth-grade students in Southern California found, for instance, that latchkey children were twice as likely to use alcohol and drugs as were children supervised by adults after school...
...Holy Cross wide receiver has caught five touchdown passes against Harvard, the shortest of which was 34 yards. Two years ago, Gallagher grabbed 57- and 34-yard scoring passes from QB Jeff Wiley. Last year, he clinched the Crusaders' 31-17 with a 40-yard bomb in the final quarter. And this year, it was all Gallagher in the fourth quarter, as he got behind the Harvard secondary for 59-yard and 54-yard TD receptions...
...work ethic has turned its restless energies to the cultivation of leisure. Enveloped in superlatives, West Germany has emerged as one of the world's most affluent societies: the nation with the largest trade surplus; the greatest per capita concentration of high- performance automobiles; the best wages for the shortest work week; and the most rewarding all-round standard of living among major industrialized countries...
Michael, who was born in Los Angeles, believes his birthday, Dec. 21, has an almost mystical significance. "It's the longest night of the year and the shortest day," he explains. "So this is a very important balancing point for me -- it's where I feel my maximum strength. As the days grow shorter, I get stronger and stronger. Somehow, maybe the moment in which the clock has first started ticking and the moment when you first make your entrance into this world are important in some...
...Digging is a crucial part of archaeology, but it's only one piece of the puzzle. It's the part of the puzzle that takes the shortest amount of time," says Lecturere in Anthropology Robert E. Murowchick...