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...thus forced to spin ourselves as specialists from the outset of the admissions process, although a core of uncertainty may lurk behind this effort. Even Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis ’70-’73 acknowledges that the number of applications with no field of study marked “greatly underrepresents the actual numbers” of undecided candidates...

Author: By James S. Davis, | Title: A Staircase Too Far | 11/19/2003 | See Source »

Little Touch Leap Pad A spin-off of LeapFrog's popular interactive book, this one is for the crawling, drooling set of 6- to 36-month-olds. Comes with more than 100 lessons; more available at $15 each. leapfrog.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Gear 2003: Fun & Games | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

...have been, let alone all in one season. The most drastic retooling starts this week with the first episode of 8 Simple Rules (ABC, Tuesdays, 8 p.m. E.T.) since the death of star John Ritter in September. Sitcoms have lost stars before (recently, an ailing Michael J. Fox on Spin City), but 8 Simple Rules is a special case--a light comedy, with Ritter as suburban dad Paul Hennessy, that suddenly has no dad and little to laugh about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Extreme Makeovers | 11/10/2003 | See Source »

...signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1970, Iran is allowed to pursue peaceful nuclear development under the watchful eyes of the IAEA. But in August 2002 exiled dissidents revealed that Iran had secretly built an underground uranium-enrichment facility at Natanz equipped with centrifuges that could spin out weapons-grade uranium. If not stopped, the plant could give Iran enough enriched uranium for two bombs a year, with the first available by the end of the decade (says the U.S.) or maybe in just two years (says Israel). Inspectors also wanted to know why Iran had conducted experiments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Will Make Them Stop? | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

...time I formulated a face-saving reply, my wife had moved down the hall to prep the little one for the day. Figuring I would do my share to ease the morning routine, I took our son, 3, for a spin online. He's a train fanatic, so we headed to www.thomas thetankengine.com to play games, solve puzzles and--whoops!--spill apple juice all over my wife's pristine white laptop. Springing into action, I sopped up the mess before she saw it. Disaster averted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Wireless (Nearly) Wrecked My Marriage | 11/3/2003 | See Source »

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