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...slim majority of Americans seem to think so: according to a 2002 Public Agenda poll, 57% of parents acknowledge spanking their kids. Psychologists and other academics are similarly divided, with each camp accusing the other of twisting data to suit an agenda. Opponents say corporal punishment can lead to aggression, poor mental health, even sadomasochistic tendencies and criminal behavior. Sally Moon, 42, a stay-at-home mother in Portland, Maine, agrees. Even when her daughter Teagan, 2, bites, Moon puts her in time-out and reasons with her. Says Moon: "I strongly believe children shouldn...
...first time we played them, we were especially sharp, and it was early in the season for them. I think they were a much better team this time around. We didn’t get it done yesterday.” The Crimson had staked Cole to a slim 1-0 lead in the fifth inning, also courtesy of Meehan and Casey, who, with two hits apiece, accounted for four of Harvard’s six hits in the game. Until he ran into trouble in the sixth, it appeared as if Cole had all the support that he would...
Philip Roth, however, is one of the literary masters most attentive to the body. He has written lovingly about its lusts (Portnoy's Complaint), its decrepitude (The Dying Animal) and the intersection of the two (a ribald graveside scene in Sabbath's Theater). In his slim, stark novel Everyman (Houghton Mifflin; 182 pages), about the life and (mostly) death of an unnamed adman, Roth plays the body's trump card: someday it will die and take the mind with...
...melatonin supplements really help peoplesleep? Millions of jet-lagged and sleep-deprived Americans--citing countless self-help articles--insist they do. But the scientific evidence has been slim. There's no question that the hormone helps the brain tell a.m. from p.m.--regulating sleep cycles and circadian timing--when it is produced naturally by the body at night. What was lacking was clear evidence that taking melatonin in supplement form had the same sleep-inducing effect...
...season-long trend of racing to near-open-water leads before the 500-meter mark. Choppy conditions and a fierce headwind did little to stop a boat that hasn’t had contact with a crew beyond the 1000 all season long. Harvard claimed a slim seat advantage off of the high 20 to start the race, but the Crimson fought for five more seats in the next 15 strokes to sit on Navy’s three-seat as the boats settled into base cadence. A move at 500 meters down gave the Crimson second varsity an open...