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...first to take responsibility. Dismissing childhood obesity as baby fat or relying on a kid's will power is simply not a solution, says Baker. "We cannot consider it just to be a cosmetic problem. It's a health risk problem," she says. "We can no longer sit back and wait, and think a child may grow...
...barefoot man can't walk into Stuckey's, why can he sit next to me all the way to Sydney...
...earning at least $70,200 a year spent $269,520 raising one child--and that's just until the age of 17. Tack on four years of college, and you're looking at a nearly half-million-dollar tab for each, or almost $3 million for six. "If you sit down and write out the numbers, nobody would have children," scoffs Jen Reid, 37, a stay-at-home mom in Berwyn, Pa. "You would scare yourself out of it every single time." She and her husband Charlie, 43, apparently don't scare easily; they've produced Charlie, 10; Lizzie...
Here's an example. Rudy Carey, a dedicated Des Moines Republican, says his wife was so disappointed in George W. Bush that she had intended to sit out this campaign, until he coaxed her into hearing Huckabee in a living room last spring. "When it was time to leave, I found her sitting on the stairs, filling out a commitment card"--and the Careys have been solidly for Huckabee ever since. What swayed them? "He's honest," Carey says. It's the answer you hear everywhere that Huckabee supporters gather...
...notice said. His wife of 55 years said that though she expected his death, it still came as a surprise. She recalled their travels together, and that despite his unwillingness to bring heavy bags, he always carried with him a guitar and a typewriter. “He would sit and type away,” she said. Although he led a busy lifestyle, she added, he was a “good father” and wanted his home to be a place where people could “exchange ideas.” The former professor is remembered...